Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has refused to participate in the Liberal government’s gun buyback program.
“The OPP has indicated that they will not participate directly,” Anandasangaree told reporters ahead of a caucus meeting on Sept. 17. “As you know, they represent 26 percent of the overall policing in Ontario. This doesn’t mean that we can’t continue with the gun buyback program.”
Despite the OPP refusing to participate, the minister says he remains confident that the government will have a “robust” ability to collect guns in Ontario via collection facilities.
“More information will be forthcoming as we announce the program,” Anandasangaree said. “I’m very confident that we will have collection facilities available in Ontario.”…