Thu Jan 12, 2023 – 6:30 pm ESTThu Jan 12, 2023 – 6:31 pm EST
EDMONTON, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — The province of Alberta has said the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should allow a measure of “decency” and extend the amnesty phase of its much-maligned gun-buyback scheme.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro said in a statement this Tuesday that “Ottawa appears to be lost,” especially given their “latest attack on hunting rifles and shotguns.”
“At minimum, they should proactively extend the amnesty that is currently scheduled to end in October 2023,” continued Shandro.
“Such a decision, however, would involve showing Canadian firearms owners a measure of decency, something that Minister Mendicino and this federal government is seemingly incapable of,” he quipped.
A total of five Canadian jurisdictions – four provinces and one territory – have announced their opposition to Trudeau’s federal buyback schemes.
The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have gone as far as introducing legislation that will ensure their governments alone are responsible for enforcing federal gun laws.
Shandro said right before Christmas that firearms enforcement in his province is “our constitutional jurisdiction, and this is a choice that we get to make.”
“It’s not a negotiation with the federal
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