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Ontario announces $26M to hire more cops, fight gun smuggling
Ontario is spending $26 million to put 200 more police officers on the streets to fight the flow of smuggled guns and prevent further tragedies, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday.
As family members prepare to bury Ephraim Brown, the 11-year-old Toronto boy caught in the crossfire of rival gangs last weekend, McGuinty said both the province and federal government have to do more to eradicate urban gun violence.
'We've got a ban on handguns like Amsterdam has a ban on prostitution'—Ontario's attorney general
One-quarter of the new officers will specifically be assigned to target illegal guns, while the province will also hire six new prosecutors to better track, investigate and stem the flow of handguns.
The $26 million will begin to flow as soon as provincial police can hire and train the new officers.
"As a father, I can't imagine what it would be like to lose a child to senseless gun violence," McGuinty said.
"All of us are deeply affected by the grief, the pain and frustration felt by the families who have lost a loved one to gun violence.
"You and I know that we've got a big challenge on our hands," he added.
Funding announced after 4 killed in Toronto
Calls for tougher measures to fight gun violence were renewed after four people were shot and killed in Toronto last weekend. The victims included Emphraim, who was attending a birthday party when he was shot as two rival gangs exchanged gunfire.
Provincial police commissioner Julian Fantino said the extra officers will help stop "a lethal cancer in our society."
"This is a great step forward enabling us to … deal with the terror that is caused all too often by these gun-toting gangsters," he said.
But there is only so much the province can do, McGuinty said as he reiterated his call for a federal ban on handguns.
"We will be even stronger when that partner comes to the table in a meaningful way," he said.
Although the federal government has said handguns are already effectively banned with only a few exceptions, Attorney General Michael Bryant said no one buys that.
"We've got a ban on handguns like Amsterdam has a ban on prostitution," Bryant said.
"Give me a break. We have half-a-million legal handguns in this country. If the federal government thinks that's an effective ban on handguns, they've got to get out of the holster of the gun lobby."