Western Standard - June 25, 2026


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Based on the recent tragedy in Montreal, the Mayor of Montreal is renewing calls for extended gun control. In this episode, Mayor Denis Coderre responds to critics who argue that gun control should target only law-abiding gun owners.

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00:00:00.000 Based on the recent tragedy in Montreal, the Mayor of Montreal is renewing calls for extended gun control.
00:00:06.600 Of course, Quebec has a relatively strict gun regime, and so does Canada.
00:00:12.040 Your critics are criticizing your current approach in terms of, in their view, targeting law-abiding firearms owners,
00:00:19.480 and that won't solve the problem of public safety and security.
00:00:22.680 What do you say to those critics?
00:00:24.520 Well, I'd say, and I'm going to refer to my previous answer, I'll expand.
00:00:29.220 And ultimately, we're addressing violent crime, most heinous violent crimes, crimes motivated by hate, crimes motivated by misogyny, crimes motivated by, well, these aspects potentially including, and I'm not referring to the specific circumstances as I say this, but potentially including acts of terrorism.
00:00:54.200 We need a multifaceted approach here. Part of it is gun control and ensuring that we, and with respect to gun control, one of our responsibilities, of course, is to act within our constitutional responsibilities.
00:01:12.200 responsibilities. As you would know, there are Supreme Court challenges and Supreme Court review
00:01:17.860 that is in train, possible decision next year in terms of our firearm, some aspects of our
00:01:27.360 firearm measures. So we have to act consistent, obviously, within the law, number one. Number two,
00:01:34.300 as I said earlier, we strongly believe that, and we've shown, we've followed through on that
00:01:41.060 belief with legislation, the tightening of a series of legislation, particularly with respect
00:01:46.660 to repeat offenders, acts with violence, acts with firearms, acts with gangs, violence against women,
00:01:58.240 crimes in and of themselves, which need to be punished and dressed appropriately. Also,
00:02:05.180 as evidence has shown over time, crimes that can, it's a terrible euphemism, but can be precursors to
00:02:14.240 more violent acts. So we're acting in those aspects as well, and obviously we work
00:02:21.460 with provinces and municipalities where we can.