The Saskatchewan government announced amendments to provincial legislation on Tuesday which it says will ensure provincial jurisdiction over gun laws, a move to counter federal plans to delegate that authority to municipalities. Moe said the amended legislation will also prevent what he calls patchwork rules across the province, differing from community to community. "The federal government has indicated it plans to pass legislation intended to delegate to municipalities the ability to ban handguns or other firearms," the provincial news release said. Meili said federal jurisdiction over guns is appropriate in his opinion, but he does not think the decision to ban guns should be left up to municipalities. Municipalities will continue to be required to publish the following items within their local or regional newspaper:

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 21:06 UTC