Liberals backtrack on sending seized firearms to Ukraine due to 'extremely limited interest'
The federal government has conceded that sending firearms seized from Canadians to help Ukraine in its war efforts is neither a 'practical or effective' strategy.
On Friday's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, publisher of Calibre Magazine Daniel Fritter discussed the Liberals' now-cancelled plan to send prohibited firearms to Ukraine.
The Liberal government announced in December of 2024 that more than 300 firearms would be added to the list of prohibited weapons, with some of the seized firearms to be sent to Ukraine.
The firearms were intended to help Ukraine defend itself from ongoing Russian aggression, according to the Liberal government at the time.
Despite this announcement, the Carney government has now cancelled the plan, citing the Ukrainian military's 'extremely limited' interest in the models of prohibited firearms.
Fritter discussed the Ukrainian military's apparent reaction to being offered certain models of firearms that are now prohibited in Canada.
"So apparently the Ukrainian forces basically told the Canadian government that they have very little interest in acquiring any of the firearms that would potentially be seized," he said.
"That announcement that was made way back was both laughable and offensive for two alternative reasons," he said.
"Although laughable that we would ever send guns to Ukraine from civilian gun safes where you're seizing 22 caliber rimfire rifles, it's also somewhat offensive as gun owner to think that the government was, seemingly somewhat on my behalf, negotiating the expropriation of my private property to a foreign military," Fritter continued.
As reported by the Toronto Star, Liberal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree's office released the following statement about the cancellation of the program: “This approach was well-intentioned and made in response to urgent circumstances, but it became clear that a vast majority of these firearms did not meet NATO compliance standards. That is why Canada’s new government cancelled this program because it was not a practical or effective way to support Ukraine’s defence."
RebelNews+ Clips
RebelNews+ is our premium subscription service, which gives you access to our exclusive long form, TV-style shows, documentaries, members-only comments section, and the ability to read RebelNews.com without ads.
Subscribe now to get the full experience!
https://rebelnewsplus.com/Featured Stories
15:49
COMMENTS
-
Lynne Osborne commented 2025-09-30 12:24:46 -0400Should the government ever decide to send ships full of odds and ends firearms to Ukraine the world will know what type of people they are dealing with in Ottawa. Holding a “scary” firearm in your hands is not the same as having a tool useful to military personel. Nothing like being in a fire fight and finding out everyone is lugging around a firearm of a different calibre. There are a lot of things Ottawa does which has security and or military consequences. Like decarbonizing motor vehicles. Does Ottawa ever seek advice from the military as to how well an electric tank wold function on the battlefield? How about an electric battleship? How about a supply truck? How well would Canada function in an ice storm if the only source of power was the electric grid? Reduce the demand for ICE fuel by 90% would do what to the hydrocarbon supply chain? -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-09-29 20:00:24 -0400Civilian firearms aren’t fit to use on the battle field. Stupid Liberals don’t realize that these hunting rifles take different size bullets. That makes use on the battle field difficult if the soldiers have too much of the wrong type of bullet. Different guns also fire differently. I’m no gun expert but I’ve watched many Forgotten Weapons videos to realize that militaries need standardized weapons.need
