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Montréal Mayor Valerie Plante, centre, and Nathalie Provost, left, survivor of the city’s 1989 mass shooting and a gun-control advocate, during a news conference about stricter gun control in Montréal in November 2024. Where are the major parties on gun control this election? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Where the parties stand on gun control in the Canadian federal election

Gun control hasn’t been a big issue during the 2025 election like it was in 2021. But it’s still important to assess the gun policies of the two parties leading in the polls.
An image shows the firearms found in the car driven by Gabriel Wortman, the perpetrator of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead. It was shown at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

N.S. Mass Casualty Commission a year later: What recommendations have been implemented?

Over the past year, Ottawa has had a mixed record in implementing the Mass Casualty Commission’s firearm recommendations. Some provinces, however, have sought to limit implementation.

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