Two Liberal MPs are opposing the federal government’s most recent amendments to Bill C-21, which will ban a number of shotguns and rifles commonly used for hunting, with one calling the proposed restrictions “worrisome.”
Liberal MPs Brendan Hanley and Michael McLeod, whose constituencies are the Yukon and Northwest Territories respectively, have both recently told media outlets they oppose the recent Bill C-21 amendments.
“I’m not happy with this [bill], and I’m not in a position to support this bill at this point with those amendments in play,” Hanley told the CBC on Dec. 7.
“This is really upsetting. Many, many Yukoners … regularly hunt, either as a food source or for the recreational aspects of hunting.”…