OTTAWA –
The Liberal authorities is predicted to announce the renewal of its multimillion-dollar federal gun and gang violence program right now.
Ottawa says Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Security, will make an announcement at 9:30 a.m. in regards to the authorities’s work to forestall gun and gang violence.
In November 2017, the federal authorities introduced roughly $327.6 million in new federal funding over 5 years to sort out a rise in gun violence and gang exercise in Canada, with funds set to start flowing in 2018-19.
The federal government says the initiative concerned federal, provincial and territorial efforts to help “community-level prevention and enforcement efforts.”
It says this additionally included efforts to “construct and leverage distinctive federal experience and sources to advance intelligence associated to the unlawful trafficking of firearms, and spend money on border safety to interdict illicit items together with weapons and medicines.”
The federal government says firearm-related homicides in Canada have been steadily rising, reaching a complete of 277 in 2020 — 16 greater than the earlier yr — whereas gang-related homicides have additionally been on the rise.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 8, 2023
