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“More information will be forthcoming as we announce the program,” Anandasangaree said as he headed into a Liberal caucus meeting. “I’m very confident that we will have collection facilities available in Ontario.”

“We will have police of jurisdiction 鈥� many of them have already signed on, so I’m very confident that we will have a robust ability to collect guns in Ontario,” he added.聽His office, however, would not provide further details or specifics on what police forces have agreed to participate.

With the provincial force also responsible for more than a quarter of the policing in Ontario, it means the federal government will have to reach agreements with municipal police forces such as 海角社区官网Police, Peel Police and others, while finding a solution to cover areas without a local force.

The Barrie police said in a statement to the Star it had no “current plans” to participate and has had no conversations about doing so. The Hamilton police said “no structured framework or direction” had been provided and no talks have been held since 2023. 海角社区官网police referred the Star to the federal government when asked if they are in any discussions, while police forces in the regions of Peel, York, Halton, Durham and the City of Ottawa did not respond Wednesday afternoon.

“We remain focused on apprehending criminals who use illegal firearms, and we continue to collaborate with our law enforcement partners to address the flow of illegal firearms coming across the border,” said a spokesperson for the 海角社区官网Police Service.

Advocates have聽raised concerns聽about the future of the plan that has been a central part of several Liberal party election platforms.聽Anandasangaree, however, told the Star this summer the program was in the聽鈥渇inal stages鈥� of design and will be completed 鈥渘o later鈥� than the end of 2026. He also confirmed an October 2025 amnesty deadline would have to be pushed back.

But in the face of fierce opposition and questions about the cost of the program聽鈥� Ottawa’s latest estimates put it at nearly $750 million 鈥� the Carney government has recently been describing the plan as “voluntary” while also warning hesitant police forces and provinces that they would be doing their citizens a disservice.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said earlier this month she would not allow police to take banned guns away from their owners while the Saskatchewan government has also added roadblocks to implementing the scheme.

The Doug Ford government, meanwhile, had previously indicated the program was not a priority and it didn’t want provincial funding to pay for it.聽

In a recent statement, a spokesperson for Solicitor General Michael Kerzner said “Ontario police services do not have the resources to attend residential addresses to confiscate previously lawful but now prohibited firearms from lawful gun owners.”

“Although we will not be participating in this program, Ontario residents will have the opportunity to surrender prohibited firearms at local police stations or register them on the federal portal. The federal government can leverage third party service providers of the RCMP to administer this federal program,” the statement said.

Carney conceded in an interview with media personality Ryan Jespersen that the program would have “different processes in different provinces.”