Fact check: is gun violence rising in Canada? – By Richard Raycraft (CBC News) / Sept 7 2021
There’s an upward trend, but a rise in violence has not meant a rise in the rate of fatalities
The topic of guns has dominated the last week of the federal election campaign. Liberals have attempted to drive a wedge between themselves and the Conservatives over a ban on “assault” style weapons, and Conservative leader Erin O’Toole backtracked on a plan to reverse that ban.
But all the parties seem to agree on one thing — gun violence is a pressing and growing issue.
“Our communities should be safe and peaceful places to live and raise children, but American-style gun violence is rising,” the Liberal platform reads.
“Too many lives have been lost in Canadian cities to rising gun crime,” the NDP platform concurs.
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