OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has given itself an extra two years to establish a long-promised buyback program for firearms it banned in the wake of the deadly 2020 Nova Scotia shooting rampage.
An amnesty period that was set to expire at the end of the month will now remain in place until Oct. 30, 2025 — after the next federal election is scheduled to take place.
The Liberals promised to compensate those who owned such weapons through a buyback program and gave firearms owners a two-year amnesty under the Criminal Code. In a brief statement, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the government is"committed to putting in place a firearms buyback program that will allow law-abiding gun owners to turn in their firearms and be compensated."
While the government is still in the early stages of sorting out what a compensation program could look like for businesses, Winkel said he believes a buyback could be launched by October 2025, at least on the commercial side. It said it received no warning that an extension was coming and planned to raise concerns directly with LeBlanc.
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