CRITIC CENSURED OVER ‘GUILLOTINES’ COMMENT

The National Firearms Association has been censured by a House of Commons committee for inflammatory comments about the Trudeau government’s recent gun-control legislation. The national security and public safety committee unanimously passed a motion Monday condemning the association’s response to the gun bill, with the support of Liberal, Bloc Québécois and New Democrat members. The four Conservative committee members abstained. Liberal MP Pam Damoff proposed the motion, citing a video podcast about the bill last week in which the group’s president, Sheldon Clare, recounted a conversation with someone who suggested Canadians should “construct guillotines” in response to government “tyranny.” Damoff says last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol shows what happens when “inflammatory words provoke insurrection and violence.” Clare did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Damoff told the committee Monday that Canada is not immune to the kind of violence that erupted in Washington.