An image shows the firearms found in the car driven by Gabriel Wortman, the perpetrator of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead. It was shown at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Over the past year, Ottawa has had a mixed record in implementing the Mass Casualty Commission’s firearm recommendations. Some provinces, however, have sought to limit implementation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new gun control legislation in Ottawa on May 30, 2022.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
The gun problem in Canada stems from sharing the world’s longest undefended border with the country that has the largest number of guns in civilian hands.