Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the Liberal government’s gun buyback program will soon be launched across Canada following an initial pilot project in Nova Scotia.
“I will be showing our next steps on the program as we roll out throughout the country. But it is significant to say that we will be rolling the program out across Canada,” Anandasangaree told CBC News on Nov. 23.
The pilot project in Cape Breton was launched on Sept. 23, and aimed to “test program elements” allowing firearms owners to turn in an initial 200 prohibited “assault-style” firearms. Public Safety Canada said participation in the program was voluntary, would test out the collection and destruction process and system for giving compensation payments, and would be conducted in collaboration with the Cape Breton Regional Police. …