Feds earmark $327M over five years to fight gun, gang violence in Canada
SURREY, B.C. — The federal government will allocate up to $327.6 million over five years and $100 million a year after that to fight gun and gang violence, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Friday.
The money will finance a variety of programs to cut gun crime and criminal gang activities and stem the flow of illegal firearms into communities.
In March, the federal government also plans to host a summit on criminal guns and gangs, Goodale said, bringing together experts, front-line police, provincial, territorial and municipal government officials and community and Indigenous leaders to discuss the issue.
“Guns and gangs are not someone else’s problem, they are everyone’s problem and we need to work together to develop more effective intervention and enforcement approaches for reducing gun and gang violence across Canada,” Goodale said at an event in Surrey, B.C.