Indigenous leaders stress need for consultation on federal firearms legislation
Chief Jessica Lazare of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake told MPs the realities of Indigenous people who take their firearms on trips to hunt for food are being overlooked due to lack of consultation.
The government moved last November to build on the ban by enshrining an evergreen definition of assault-style firearms in gun-control legislation that also contains measures concerning handguns, licence revocations and smuggling operations. That lack of comprehensive consultation is evident in the “incoherence and inconsistency” of the bill, she said.
“We ask that you address the real underlying problems that cause gun violence, not further restrict Indigenous peoples from carrying out their lives in a sustainable ceremonial and generational way.” “Far too often some of these weapons have completely overwhelmed the authorities that we depend upon for our public safety. We cannot allow this to continue to happen.”
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