r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 25 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Lumindan Jun 05 '26

After years of doing little more than speaking out against the federal government’s gun buyback program, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is getting off the bench and joining his Alberta and Saskatchewan counterparts in challenging the program in court

About fucking time.

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u/CenturionV Jun 06 '26

He want to assert that the government has the power to do what they want and if you refuse, even in the millions they will use the state power to squash you. Can't have uppity citizens thinking they can defy the wishes of the government and get away with it. It's about more than guns, it about who is in control, who has the power. If they backtrack now it will be us and they simply can't have that.

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u/gamercast1337 Jun 06 '26

If youve seen the reports of how he is with his party it makes sense. Its no a democracy for him, its a company and hes the CEO shot caller. Going agaisnt him is criminal. 

I genuinely cannot wait for mark carney collapse that should allegedly happen soonish. I hope. Recession, dissidents within his party, every provincial government hating him for a different reason, spending like never before while also cutting programs, labor unions getting pissed at him, everyone's broke.

Its just his boomer supporters at this point.

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Jun 06 '26

Polling is all over the place as well which is wild. The most recent Nanos poll and the most recent Leger poll are like living in two separate worlds.

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u/InitialAd4125 Jun 06 '26

I remember once seeing a quote along the lines of how the police is merely an occupying army for the rich and every day I belief that quote more and more.