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'Unmitigated gall': Senator rejects minister's call to pass Liberal guns bill quickly

OTTAWA -  A battle appears to be brewing between senators and Public Safety  Minister Marco Mendicino, as he tries to see the Liberals' controversial  gun legislation passed swiftly into law.

On Thursday, his office sent a letter to leaders of the different   Senate groups and the chair of a committee, saying the minister is   "eager" answer senators' questions about Bill C-21 "given the urgency of  passing legislation to protect Canadians."

The letter comes with less than a month left before the House of   Commons and Senate plan to break for summer, with the Liberals branding the legislation as a priority bill that it wants passed into law within  weeks.

The bill seeks to turn a national handgun freeze into law, combat   homemade guns and ban what it calls "assault-style" weapons -- measures Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in what critics say is a   misplaced effort to combat gun violence.

Conservative Senate leader Don Plett accused Mendicino on Thursday of   having "unmitigated gall" in asking senators to hurry when MPs spent   months studying the bill before it passed in the House of Commons.

Plett said he plans to vote against the bill as it is currently written and try to block it from passing, saying he feels it punishes firearms users like sport shooters and is doubtful that it could be a bill he   finds himself supporting -- even if the Senate amends it.

"Somehow he expects that we are not supposed to give it sober second thought and indeed some kind of a vetting," said Plett.

"He basically says, 'I've looked at the bill, I say it's good, so give   it your rubber stamp and let's move on with things.' Well, that's not   how the Senate works."

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/unmitigated-gall-senator-rejects-minister-s-call-to-pass-liberal-guns-bill-quickly-1.6433295

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