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[u/Batsinvic888]

Liberals dismiss Conservative offer to quickly pass parts of the government’s gun-crime bill

Conservative MP and public-safety critic Rachel Dancho moved a motion Thursday afternoon seeking unanimous consent to break up Bill C-21 into two parts, by hiving out measures that have “broad” support from the remaining provisions that are more divisive. The short motion does not detail all of the sections that the Conservatives would support, but mentions “curbing domestic violence and tackling the flow of guns over the Canada-U.S. border” as examples.

The Conservatives also raised the idea during Thursday’s Question Period, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland brushed off the offer as “posturing” and said the government was not interested.

“We will never water down our measures on gun control,” she said. “I’ll tell you what is entirely insincere: The Conservatives’ fake concern for Canadians who are victims of gun violence.”

After her motion was rejected, Ms. Dancho issued a statement accusing the Liberals of “selfish” political theatre: “It is clear the Trudeau government cares more about headlines and demonizing Canada’s sport shooters than keeping our communities safe from gun violence,” she said.

I think this is as much a confirmation as possible that there is no chance any amendments will be made in the House. The Senate or a snap election is our last hope for this bill.

[u/throwa37 → u/Batsinvic888]

Good for the Conservatives for attempting this, but of course the Liberals were never going to go for it. Even leaving aside the fact that this is their prized wedge issue, no major party is going to allow another one to essentially hijack their big important bill and pick and choose the parts they like.

The fact that apparently only the Liberals voted against this motion means this was a good hit to their optics, though. Not that it counts for much all things considered, but it does show them to be nakedly self-interested with this legislation.

[u/throwa37 → u/[deleted]]

Dancho's Twitter.

Today, I brought forward a motion in the House to depoliticize the gun violence debate and expedite real action by separating the controversial parts of Bill C-21 from the parts all parties agree on.

Liberals were the only ones to block it.