OTTAWA -- Canada's national homicide rate last year was the highest it's been in a decade, Statistics Canada says, because of a spike in gang-related violence and shootings. In a report released Wednesday, the agency said there were 660 reported homicides in Canada last year. Not only was that an increase of nearly eight per cent from 2016, it also pushed up the homicide rate to 1.8 victims for every 100,000 people -- the highest since 2009.
Much of the increase was linked to a dramatic rise in the number of gun-related killings, which itself was driven by more gang-related violence.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada...high-1.4186494

From August 2018, a weak eye-wash attempt by Trudeau to shift the focus from the real problems to Progressive feel-good distractions.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered a study of a potential full handgun and assault weapons ban in his country. Trudeau ordered Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair to conduct the study with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a mandate letter, as reported by CBC News.
https://thehill.com/policy/internati...n-handguns-and