How the Liberals mangled their gun control promise
Submitted by Geoffrey Stevens on Tue, 08/06/2019 - 08:59“We will take action to get handguns and assault weapons off our streets” – Liberal Party of Canada, election platform, 2015.
Over the past four years, some controversial promises have been kept -- the legalization of recreational marijuana being a prominent example.
Some major promises have been broken – the Liberals having abandoned their pledge to replace the first-past-the-post electoral system when it became clear there was no national consensus for change.