This is a political head-fake, folks. The provincial princes will pretend to oppose fire-arm restrictions but will turn away when changes are made out of public view.
More garbage-can journalism from garbage-man gate-keeping journalists. Exhibit A:
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The federal government's preference is to hand some powers over firearms to the provinces, which would in turn allow for municipal regulation, Trudeau said.
"In some situations, we may have a province that is unwilling to do that despite the willingness of a city or cities to do that," he said. "At which point, I have been assured, there are other tools we can use that wouldn't be as ideal, because it would involve disagreements with the provinces at a time where we want to be collaborative."
Trudeau declined to elaborate on any alternative measure, "because it's something we hope to not have to use."
Why not?????
The "journalist" does not ask the PierreMargot to elaborate.