r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 08 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/HappyCan7250 Jun 08 '26

Like I said before, I think the government wanted it memory holed very quickly because of the optics of it, the identity politics behind it. 

It's interesting, because that shooting was on par with the Poly shooting in terms of horror and damage, yet the Poly shooting is still brought up decades later, while the Tumbler ridge shooting has been memory holed and swept under the rug. I think it boils down to the identity factor being something the government wants to ignore.

It certainly looks that way at least.