OTTAWA — A prominent gun control group is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to act swiftly to implement key Liberal election commitments on firearms.
In a letter to Carney, PolySeSouvient says the mandate letter for the next public safety minister should include a commitment to "timely delivery" of promised reforms, especially the buyback of banned firearms.
PolySeSouvient includes students and graduates of Montreal's École Polytechnique, where a gunman killed 14 women in 1989.
During the recent election campaign, the influential group said Carney's Liberals were the ones most likely to bring in additional measures to prevent firearm-related violence.
Nathalie Provost, who was shot at Polytechnique and has long worked with the group, ran successfully for the Liberals in a Quebec riding.
In its letter dated last Friday, PolySeSouvient also asks Carney to avoid a phenomenon it claims to have seen over the last decade — the watering-down of planned or adopted gun measures through neglect or ineffective regulation.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 12, 2025.
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
