WHAT POLITICIANS ARE SAYING...Ottawa is renewing its commitment to get illegal guns off the streets and curb gang crime, pledging $390 million over the next five years, federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced in Mississauga on Monday. 'A small amount of people are responsible for a large amount of harm. Our ability to mitigate that is quite important,' said Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Durraiappah."
WHAT POLITICIANS ARE ACTUALLY DOING... -- "Meanwhile, the House of Commons is still considering BILL C-5, an act that would REPEAL A HOST OF MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES, including those for smuggling firearms. The idea is to reduce the 'overincarceration rate of Indigenous peoples' as well as for other 'marginalized Canadians.'" --
