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OTTAWA — The federal government is adding hundreds more types of firearms to its list of banned guns and looking to send some of them to Ukraine. On Thursday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the Liberals were adding 324 more “unique makes and models” of what he called “assault-style” firearms to its list of banned guns, taking effect immediately. All current and future variants of these guns would be prohibited. The total number of affected firearms sits around 14,500, according to Public Safety Canada. The announcement comes on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the École Polytechnique shooting in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989, where a gunman targeting women killed 14 and injured 10 others. Honouring those killed in mass shootings means taking action on gun control, LeBlanc said. In May 2020, the Liberal government announced it was banning some 1,500 types of firearms, promising to compensate gun owners and businesses through a still yet-to-be-functioning buyback program, which the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates could cost upwards of $750 million, depending on its design. An amnesty order protecting gun owners and businesses with prohibited inventory they acquired lawfully from prosecution is currently in place until October 2025. LeBlanc said on Thursday that the pilot phase of the program targeting businesses is underway, with four having participated. It would be open for all businesses “in the coming days.” “As part of that process, the Government of Canada has committed to the Ukrainian government to identify whether some of these guns could be donated to support the fight for democracy in Ukraine,” he said. Defence Minister Bill Blair said the Liberals reached out in October to see if Ukrainian troops could use some of the guns Canada has banned in their war against Russia . “They confirmed that indeed, some of the weapons that are part of the program, would be suitable,” said Blair. Companies that choose to work with the defence department on the initiative would be compensated, he said. LeBlanc said more gun control measures are coming, with the RCMP studying what to do about the SKS, a popular hunting rifle, which he committed would happen by next February, when the government will come out with its next list. He pointed to how many First Nations and Inuit hunters use this weapon, which makes potentially banning it complicated. National Post staylor@postmedia.com Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what’s really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here . Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our politics newsletter, First Reading, here .

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands (AP) — Trey Autry scored 16 points off of the bench to help lead George Washington over Illinois State 72-64 on Monday night to claim a fifth-place finish at the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands. Autry had five rebounds for the Revolutionaries (6-1). Gerald Drumgoole Jr. scored 16 points while going 4 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and 6 for 7 from the line. Darren Buchanan Jr. shot 3 of 11 from the field and 9 for 11 from the line to finish with 15 points, while adding 10 rebounds. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.GenNx360 Capital Partners finalizes the sale of ITsavvy to Xerox Holdings CorporationNone