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Assault Weapons Ban
184 MPs have stated positions across 5 topics · 2 shifts
Gary AnandasangareeLiberalShifted
As Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree supports enforcing the federal ban on assault-style firearms and promoting the voluntary compensation (buyback) program; he urged owners to participate and stressed that while the program is voluntary, compliance with the law is mandatory.→Gary Anandasangaree supports implementing the federal buyback and says he does not foresee logistical problems collecting banned firearms. He endorses mobile collection units and use of off-duty or retired police to ensure surrendered prohibited guns are collected for compensation.
NewsJan 29, 2026
Mark CarneyLiberal
Mark Carney supports reinvigorating the assault-style firearm buyback program, pledging tougher measures on guns as part of crime reduction and intimate-partner-violence prevention, while asserting protections for hunters' and Indigenous people's rights to use firearms for sport and tradition.
NewsSep 17, 2025
Nathalie ProvostLiberal
Nathalie Provost supports enforcing the federal ban on assault-style weapons, asserting the law is now in effect and that authorities are taking action to remove assault-style firearms from communities and prevent them from being on the streets.
NewsJan 18, 2026