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The Liberal government says it is carrying out a broad review of Canada’s firearms classification regime that will include consultations with Indigenous communities on the SKS rifle . By Jim Bronskill Gun control advocacy group PolySeSouvient blames “weak political leadership” for what it calls “poor participation” in a federal compensation program for banned firearms. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Tuesday that gun owners had reported more than 52,000 firearms to the government with one week left to go in the program to provide compensation for banned guns. That figure is well short of the 136,000 firearms for which the Liberal government set aside compensation money when the buyback for individual owners opened in January. In a media statement issued Wednesday, PolySeSouvient said weak messaging about the program has failed… <\/p>\n

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The Liberal government says it is carrying out a broad review of Canada’s firearms classification regime that will include consultations with Indigenous communities on the SKS rifle . By Jim Bronskill Gun control advocacy group PolySeSouvient blames “weak political leadership” for what it calls “poor participation” in a federal compensation program for banned firearms. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Tuesday that gun owners had reported more than 52,000 firearms to the government with one week left to go in the program to provide compensation for banned guns. That figure is well short of the 136,000 firearms for which the Liberal government set aside compensation money when the buyback for individual owners opened in January. In a media statement issued Wednesday, PolySeSouvient said weak messaging about the program has failed... <\/p>\n

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