The federal cabinet is having “delicate conversations” with stakeholders about its proposed gun restriction bill, says Government House Leader Mark Holland, noting that the legislation centres on “a very emotionally charged issue.”
Holland was asked by reporters in Ottawa on Jan. 27 about the government’s timeline for Bill C-21 and when they hope to get it passed through the House of Commons.
The bill is currently under review by the Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and has been criticized by all opposition parties and even by some rural Liberal MPs.
“We are having conversations right now and over the last month or so since the House broke with stakeholders on both sides,” Holland said, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter….