Mon Oct 17, 2022 – 6:18 pm EDT
WHITEHORSE, Yukon (LifeSiteNews) – The majority of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from the Canadian territory of Yukon have voted to push back against a semi-automatic gun buyback program enacted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government.
Last Wednesday, all MLAs from the Yukon Legislative Assembly from the Yukon Party and even the Yukon NDP voted for a motion calling for its government to not go along with Trudeau’s gun grab.
The motion read, “this House urges the Yukon government to ensure that territorial policing resources are not diverted to assist in the implementation of the Government of Canada’s gun buy-back program.”
Of note is the territory is governed by the Liberal Party which has a minority government. All its MLAs opposed the motion but failed to get it stopped from passing.
The Justice Critic for the Yukon Party, Brad Cathers, brought forward the motion.
Cathers noted that “the National Police Federation, which is the union representing RCMP members, has made it clear the Trudeau government’s Order in Council prohibiting various firearms and the ‘buy-back’ program will divert police resources away from dealing with organized crime.” Local
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