FIRST READING: A cascade of police agencies is telling Ottawa they're ignoring the gun buyback

National Post ^ | 01 27 2026 | Tristin Hopper

[yesthatjallen]

As the Liberal government finally rolls out its long-awaited “gun buyback,” the program is running headlong into the near-unprecedented situation of a majority of Canadian governments and police agencies vowing to ignore or defy it.

Over the weekend, Yukon and the Northwest Territories confirmed that they would have nothing to do with a federal program to remove “assault-style” firearms from private ownership.

The two territories join Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as an ever-growing list of police departments and police unions saying the program isn’t worth their time.

Last week, the head of the New Brunswick Chiefs of Police Association publicly told legal gun owners that if they didn’t comply with the program, the province’s various law enforcement agencies wouldn’t care.

“We’re not going looking for you,” said Robert Bruce, whose day job is the chief of the Saint John Police.

SNIP

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; canada; gunbuyback; guns

[riverrunner]

Most cops like guns.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The use the phrase “gun buyback” to pretend that all firearms rightfully belong to government.

[spetznaz]

Good. Every inch lost is an inch lost forever.

[AZJeep]

These programs are at best waste of taxpayers money.
People turn in only the guns they want to get rid of.
Preferably broken.
In case of anonymous buybacks, these programs turned out to be very useful to criminals trying to get rid of the evidence!