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B.C. mayors say Ottawa s plan to relax drug possession penalties not enough to help opioid crisis
The federal government has introduced a new bill to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offences, and while the change is a significant shift away from incarceration, some B.C. leaders say it could have gone further.
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Feds say Bill C-22 never designed as a panacea but a way to reduce jail time for Indigenous and Black people
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Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said he welcomes the federal government s plan to reduce incarceration of Indigenous and Black Canadians for non-violent drug offences but it needed to go further.(Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
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With gang violence rising in Metro Vancouver, the mayors of B.C.’s two biggest cities are ready to pull the trigger on banning handguns as soon as a federal law passes.
However, an expert says such bans will likely not stem gang violence because gangsters are already breaking federal law by carrying handguns.
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The federal government on Tuesday announced new gun legislation that would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation. The Liberal government said the measures would be backed up with serious penalties to enforce these bylaws, including jail time for people who violate municipal rules.