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BGC Canada urges the Ontario Government to pass the Safe and Healthy Communities Act

BGC Canada urges the Ontario Government to pass the Safe and Healthy Communities Act

BGC Canada is calling on the Ontario Government to pass Bill 60, Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence). The Bill, brought forward by MPP Mitzie Hunter, seeks to ensure supports for community-based violence intervention programs and trauma-informed counselling...

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A map of Canada displays various provinces shaded in different tones of red, with numerical values indicating the number of victims of firearm-related violent crimes per 100,000 people in each region.

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Let’s empower youth to step up and speak out

By Owen Charters *this op-ed was recently published in the Toronto Star, Maclean’s, and Huffington Post. Brazen. Public. Daylight. More and more these words are showing up in news reports about gun crime. Shootings are happening on playgrounds now, and we know kids...

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