Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price defended the Canadian Gun Rights Coalition’s cause by publicly siding with them in the face of Federal Gun Control Act C-21.
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“I love my family, I love my country and I take care of my neighbors. I am not a criminal or a threat to society. What Justin Trudeau is trying to do is unfair. I support the coalition to keep my hunting tools,” Number 31 said in an Instagram post shared on Saturday, in which he appeared in hunting gear and gun in hand.
This rare public appearance was celebrated by politicians such as Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.
“Carey is absolutely right. Hunting is a great Canadian tradition. Trudeau’s attempts to ban shotguns are an attack on rural and indigenous people. We have to stop it,” he tweeted.
The same story with Quebec’s Conservative political lieutenant Pierre Paul-Hus, who took to social media to say it was a “remarkable outing against the insane politics of Justin Trudeau.”
Meanwhile, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet argued that “we have convinced Carey Price and so many others that gun control has the purpose or effect of harming sport hunting”.
“It’s wrong. The Bloc Québécois promotes sport hunting and the tourist/economic activities it generates in our regions,” he added on Twitter.
Carey is absolutely right.
Hunting is a great Canadian tradition. Trudeau’s attempts to ban shotguns are an attack on rural and indigenous people.
We have to stop it. Sign here: https://t.co/fylTkUUswc pic.twitter.com/4iVDDg5hRu
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) December 3, 2022
Price has still not dressed for the Canadians this season due to a knee injury for which he is planning to undergo surgery. During the 2021-2022 campaign, he also had to deal with a personal alcohol-related issue.
The 35-year-old British-Colombian has made a number of public appearances in recent months, including at a Montreal Alouettes game and a CH training session.
A heavily criticized organization
The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights was in the news recently after they created a “poly” promotional code to encourage the purchase of goods on their website.
“Save 10% with promo code POLY,” Coalition Vice President Public Affairs Tracey Wilson tweeted Nov. 20.
This publication came in direct response to a tweet by the PolySeSouvient organization denouncing this commodity.
“We see in this instrumentalization of a tragic event not only a very tasteless provocation, but above all an insult to the memory of the victims, the injured, their families and the entire Polytechnique community,” says the Polytechnique Montreal on elsewhere Friday evening.
Keep in mind that Bill C-21, tabled last spring, could change the definition of offensive weapons by adding several weapons used by hunters.