OTTAWA—Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree was on the defensive Monday after a leaked audio recording revealed him making “misguided” comments that critics charged undermine the contentious and long-delayed federal gun buyback program ahead of its start.
As first reported by the Star, Anandasangaree claimed in a secretly recorded conversation that Mark Carney’s government is forging ahead with the roughly $750-million Trudeau-era gun ban and buyback program because of electoral pressures from Quebec, despite questions about its effectiveness and stringent opposition from provinces, police and gun owners across the rest of the country.
