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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.
The front page of the local newspaper in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images)

Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

The nature of elected office combines with the lasting priorities of public opinion to put gun control on the back burner, even in times when it does get massive public attention.

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