r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 03 '26

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Aug 03 '26

"Stir the pot" opinion:

I think Mark Carney wants to drop the wasteful confiscation he inherited but doesn't know how the Liberal Party as a whole digs out of this one and says no to Provost without pissing off Quebec.

What solutions would you offer him?

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u/boozefiend3000 Aug 03 '26

He wants to drop the confiscation? He’s the one that actually got it started lol no guns were being round up under Trudeau. I don’t know how anyone gets behind this theory that he secretly wants this scrapped.

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u/Darthwilhelm on Aug 03 '26

I don't think he's entirely on board with this. Especially considering that the Tumbler Creek shooting was memoryholed like it was. Even if the guns were smuggled in or otherwise illegally procured, that didn't stop the Trudeau administration.

I suspect he's trying to get it over and done with, so that he can maintain Montreal without having to expand the program further than it was.

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u/Lumindan Aug 03 '26

I don't think he's entirely on board with this. Especially considering that the Tumbler Creek shooting was memoryholed like it was.

Anyone paying attention knew why the government couldn't monopolize that tragedy. Optically bad.

suspect he's trying to get it over and done with, so that he can maintain Montreal without having to expand the program further than it was.

Except the program has accelerated under his tenure. He brought Provost on board.

If anything he could have simply left it in limbo. Instead he's pushed it forward and is burning even more money on it.