A gentle reminder from Pardy Bruce that it was the Stephen Harper government in 2012 that repealed the sections of the Criminal Code that allowed residents to use “whatever force is necessary” against trespassers. AKA Castle Doctrine.
Maxime Bernier, who was part of the government at that time, clarifies that in an effort to strengthen gun ownership rights, the law was changed as a compromise to the left as a political solution.
In hindsight, this was a compromise that should not have happened, and we would be better off with the old laws that we had.
