Gun-control activists urge Trudeau not to compromise with firearm lobby
OTTAWA — Gun-control activists implored Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to not let the pro-gun lobby slow down his government’s efforts to introduce firearm legislation.
Serge St-Arneault, who lost his sister during the Ecole polytechnique massacre in 1989, asked Trudeau to keep his party’s campaign promise.
“I know the gun lobby is strong and noisy,” he said, standing with eight other gun-control activists in Ottawa.
“But your party…was elected with a majority due to, among other things, your promise to reverse the damage caused by the Harper government.”