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Let's be clear on a few things. It's not only westerners who oppose it. I live in Ontario and I oppose it. Easterners did not propose the legislation, and no Eastern MPs in Parliament voted for it. No one knows how many people actually oppose this because of the way it was done.

For US citizens and some Canadians as well, the government used what is called an Order in Council.

An OIC is an order issued by the Governor General on the advice and consent of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (a group of personal consultants to the monarch of Canada on state and constitutional affairs)*. It is proposed by the governing Cabinet, or a committee of Cabinet and formally approved by the governor general. About a third of the OICs are legislative, forming part of the law and enforceable by the courts.

- Orders in Council, Parliament, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/order-in-council
* Privy Council, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada

What this means, in simple terms, is legislation is drawn up, signed off by the Governor General (the Queen's representative in Canada) and made into law. This is done without being discussed or voted on by the House of Commons.

Passed by OIC, none of the elected representatives in Canada is allowed to debate or question it. The Liberals did it this way to stop any discussion. They have a minority government and this legislation WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED in the House. It would have been political suicide to bring this bill into the House in the usual way. When the MPs voted, the government bill would have been defeated, a no-confidence vote raised and the government would have been defeated. That would have spawned an election.

Why was it done? Well, that will keep the law professors busy for a while. The short of it is, they can pass a law without any discussion, and it takes people's minds off COVID-19. To repeat, the Liberals have a minority govt, so proposing gun legislation would have been political suicide. Doing it this way makes it law with no discussion. I personally oppose using OIC is this fashion.

Firearms are a hot button issue. It distracts voters away from COVID onto firearms legislation. In my opinion, ALL bills, regardless of type, or the party that presents them, should be debated.

Trudeau says feds banning 1,500 types of 'military -style' guns - the order takes effect immediately