Canada fast-tracks army rifle upgrade with $307M initial order | CBC News

[u/Flat-Dark-Earth]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-rifles-defence-procurement-canada-9.7134518

Was this Colt’s reward for participating in the gun confiscation program?

$307,000,000 rifle contract.

[u/Standing_At_The_Edge]

Why aren’t they just using the guns they are confiscating? Why pay more for new guns when they are getting all these weapons of war from us? /s

Oh right, because they are useless to any military as they are not actually assault weapons.