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The Liberals introduce new gun control and justice reform bills and China continues to befuddle Canadian foreign policy.

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Segment 1: Gangs and guns

• Liberals introduce buy-back program for banned firearms but price tag unclear
• Liberals reverse course on mandatory assault-rifle buyback program, opting to make it voluntary
• Trudeau government would allow municipalities to ban handguns under new bill
• Liberals Move To Scrap Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Some Drug Charges

Segment 2: China

• Conservatives urge moving Beijing Olympics over Uyghur atrocities, but Trudeau disputes use of term ‘genocide’
• Parliament to vote on recognizing China’s persecution of Uyghurs as genocide
• Canada creates coalition with 57 countries to declare arbitrary detentions immoral
• Anti-Asian hate crime up 717% in Vancouver compared to last year | News

Quick takes

• Judge denies B.C.'s request for injunction against churches breaking COVID-19 rules
• Text of the decision
• Andrew Wilkinson formally resigns as BC Liberal leader months after election defeat
• Skeena MLA to run for BC Liberal Party leadership – Terrace Standard
• People are complaining to the wrong John Horgan about the SkyTrain | Urbanized
• John Horgan dad joke