Category: firearms buyback

Feds Enter New Deal With Gun Group in Step Toward Firearms Buyback Program: Mendicino

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says a new agreement the government has entered into with an association that represents Canada’s hunting and sport-shooting industry is a “significant milestone” in Ottawa’s move to implement a buyback program for restricted guns. Mendicino told reporters in Ottawa on April 26 that the new agreement with the Canadian Sporting Arms…


Gun Buyback Pilot on Prince Edward Island Not Going Ahead: Report

The federal government’s plan to start its firearms buyback program on Prince Edward Island as a pilot project is not going ahead, according to a news report. The information was first reported by Maritimes media group Saltwire Network on Jan. 12, and was commented on by Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro. “Just two days after…


Ottawa’s Gun Buyback Program Cost $3.7 Million, Before Any Firearms Bought

The federal government’s firearms ban and buyback program has so far cost $3.7 million, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), while noting that no guns have been bought back as yet. As part of the program, the federal government created the Firearms Buyback Secretariat inside the Department of Public Safety in June 2020. The CTF…