Public safety minister’s ‘misguided’ comments in leaked audio undermined Liberal’s gun buyback program, say critics

September 22, 2025

…Anandasangaree claimed in a secretly recorded conversation that Mark Carney’s government is forging ahead with the roughly $750-million Trudeau-era gun ban and buyback program because of electoral pressures from Quebec, despite questions about its effectiveness and stringent opposition from provinces, police and gun owners across the rest of the country…