Moments after the Liberal government announced on Feb. 3 it was withdrawing its controversial amendments to gun control Bill C-21, the Conservative Party and the NDP sought to take credit for the development.
“My Conservative team and I have forced Justin Trudeau into a temporary, but humiliating climb down today,” Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa.
The two amendments tabled by the Liberals in late November related to introducing an evergreen definition of what they consider an “assault-style” firearm, as well as enlarging the list of prohibited firearms with rifles used for hunting.
“He is doing this because he got caught and because Canadians of all walks of life from across the country—law abiding, decent, Indigenous, Canadians, farmers, rural Canadians, who follow the law—stood up with Conservatives and forced him to temporarily pause this plan,” Poilievre added….