Toronto police officers found themselves in the middle of an active shootout between rival groups. Sixteen firearms were seized, all stolen and smuggled from the U.S. Twenty-three people, including a young offender with three firearm prohibitions, were arrested. In response, the Toronto Police Association, the Police Association of Ontario, and the Ontario Provincial Police Association, representing 35,000 officers across the province, were calling on the federal government for immediate bail reform. Their calls to action included tough-on-crime measures that ensure repeat violent offenders are kept in custody, imposing stricter penalties for bail violations, and shifting resources away from ineffective gun bans—
On November 25th, 2024. See this statement in context.