Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner said on Monday his government hasn't decided yet whether the province will join others in resisting the federal government’s firearm buyback program. “At this point, we’re studying what’s best for Ontario,” said Kerzner, who Premier Doug Ford appointed solicitor general a few weeks after Ford's election on June 2. READ MORE: Alberta won’t enforce federal firearms ban, justice minister saysFederal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino wrote to the provincial governments in August asking them to help implement Ottawa's forthcoming buyback program. “In Manitoba’s view, any buyback program cannot further erode precious provincial police resources,” Goertzen wrote. The federal and provincial ministers responsible for justice and public safety are meeting later this October, Kerzner and Goertzen both said.

Source: thestar October 03, 2022 22:32 UTC