Tories unsuccessfully called for a split gun bill

The piece of law provides a law red flag at this point. The provision would allow for the speedy issuance of court orders to remove firearms from persons deemed a danger to others or themselves.

Conservative House Leader John Brassard said Thursday during questioning that his party agrees with this part of Bill C-21, but the rest nothing will be done to end gun violence.

Canadians need to be safe and victims of domestic violence need to be protectedhe said, requesting that this measure be made an independent bill that could be passed.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland rose to respond and immediately seemed to double-lock the door on this proposal.

We will never reduce our gun control measures. We know they are important to protect Canadianshe says.

The Conservatives proceeded by repeating their proposal in a motion filed after the questioning period, but it was defeated because they did not have the required unanimous consent of the members present.

Liberals want to freeze handgun purchases and transfers

The official opposition is unlikely to view the rest of Bill C-21, such as freezing all purchases, sales, transfers and imports of handguns.

Conservatives say the series of measures lacks targeting street gangs and tackling the illegal gun trade on the border.

Liberals instead believe the handgun freeze should take effect soon, as do the Bloc and New Democrats. One of them, Taleeb Noormohamed, tried to pass a motion to the public security committee to expedite the entry into force of regulatory changes for gel implementation.

However, the required unanimous consent was not obtained and the Liberals said it was due to opposition from the Conservatives. The idea for this motion came from a proposal presented earlier this week by the Bloc Québécois.

Blocked by the Conservatives. They also blocked the start of the debate last week [en Chambre sur C-21]. The result is more delaybroke the Minister of Public Security, Marco Mendicino, in a press scrum.

He said he remains hopeful that Bill C-21 will be passed soon, even though parliamentary business should be postponed for a long summer break starting June 23.

We extended the time. I stay here until midnight [et je resterais] even then if possible move forward with the debate. Why? Because the majority of Canadians support this bill [et parce qu’]we listened to the advice received from the police forces, women’s organizations and representatives of the survivors [de fusillades]he said.

Liberals expect the second reading of the debate on Bill C-21 to begin late Thursday.