but alberta’s united conservative government has taken a combative approach in recent months to federal gun policy. that includes intervening in several lawsuits charging the proposed firearms regulations are non-constitutional, and saying it would require a provincial licence for any gun seizures in alberta , a licence the ucp would be unlikely to issue.
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the tsuut’ina funding totals $1.1 million , meant to help deal with a sharp increase in crime, particularly involving guns and gangs. the severity of crime hasn’t increased, tsuut’ina officials said at a tuesday announcement, but the volume of calls has tripled over the last three months.
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bail reform is an issue that has the support of all 13 premiers as well as law enforcement agencies like cps and police unions.
but ottawa has been slow to move on the file, with the liberals introducing a bill on bail reform this spring which didn’t make it past second reading before parliament rose for the summer last month .
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