As the federal government prepares to expand its gun buyback program nationwide in the coming weeks, gun control groups, lobbyists, and policy experts are questioning whether the low participation in last fall’s pilot program signals challenges for the broader rollout.
The Liberal government’s gun buyback program is expected to be rolled out across the country for individual firearms owners “in the coming weeks,” Public Safety Canada said on Jan. 7, following the release of its six-week pilot program results.
Ottawa launched the initial pilot for the buyback program in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in September 2025, in an effort to “test the program’s processes and systems” before launching it nationwide….