Ottawa is no longer planning on sending guns collected through the federal buyback program to Ukraine after the country expressed “extremely limited” interest in the firearms.
Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government had committed to working with the Ukrainian government to send prohibited guns from Canadian firearms businesses obtained through the buyback program to Ukraine to support its defence against Russia.
However, Prime Minister Mark Carney has now cancelled the plan after Ukraine has shown interest in an “extremely limited” number of firearms collected through the program, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s office told the Toronto Star on Sept. 25….