FORMER GUN PANEL CHAIR JACK MAJOR SAYS COMMITTEE WAS 'AN AFTERTHOUGHT' FOR FEDS
OTTAWA — A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not allowed to conduct independent research. Jack Major, a retired Supreme Court judge, said Tuesday he wrote twice to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale about the need to hear witnesses and gather facts on gun-related issues, but got no reply to either letter. Conservative public safety critic Pierre Paul-Hus said Tuesday the firearms panel is in chaos. “Their own members are saying the Trudeau Liberals are refusing to listen to witnesses and experts,” he said in a statement. “This proves what Conservatives have been saying all along — the Liberals’ approach to firearms is based solely around politics and not evidence. The Canadian Press Jim Bronskill - July 16, 2019