公共安全：续加强枪械管制(组图)
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多伦多Yorkdale商场枪击案现场
大温哥华中华文化中心曾出现种族仇恨涂鸦。
答：其实很简单。我们的往绩也非常清晰。自由党继续加强枪械管制，保守党则削弱枪械管制。
奥图尔最近搞砸了步枪议题就是最佳例子。他向拥枪游说团体承诺会撤销我对步枪的禁令，并放在党团的政纲上。现在他说：等等，我们不会那样做，不会遵循自己的政纲，而应覆检政策。但他的覆检还是会将以前被禁的武器再解禁。简单如将危险的军用攻击武器立例管制，他也对加拿大人并不诚实，大家凭何还应相信他？
我们将与各省市合作限制手枪。例如魁北克省，他们曾说过要在全省禁用手枪，我们将提供协助。任何省份或城市（如多伦多)）想这样做，我们将与他们合作做到。
我们已经有终身背景检查，而保守党计划将其撤销。我们正加强边境控制，为执法部门提供更多资源来打击非法枪械。我们正在加大社区支缓计划的投资，确保年轻人不会堕入枪支和帮派圈子内，避免孩子误入歧途。我知道这对加拿大华人来说很重要。
Q: Canadians, and especially Chinese Canadians, are particularly concerned with public safety. Yorkdale mall just recently had shots fired in broad daylight. What will your party do to keep Canadians safe？
A: It's very simple. Our records are crystal clear. The liberal party continues to strengthen gun control while the Conservatives weaken gun control.
This recent mess that Mr. O'Toole has gotten into on assault weapons is a case in point. He promised the gun lobby that he would reverse my ban on assault weapons, and he put that in his platform. And now he said, wait we are not going to do that, we are not going to follow my platform, we are going to do a review instead. But his review will bring exactly the same thing of bringing back weapons that were previously banned. So if he is not being honest with Canadians about something as simple as legalizing dangerous military-style assault weapons, why should people believe him on anything else?
We will be working with municipalities and provinces to limit handguns. The provinces of Quebec for example, I have already said it wants to ban handguns entirely in the entire province, and we will do that with Quebec. Any other provinces, or even cities, if Toronto or any area wants to do it, we will work with them to do just that.
We have already brought in lifetime background checks, which the Conservatives have also planned on reversing. We are strengthening control on the border, giving more tools to law enforcement to crack down on illegal guns, and we are investing more in community support programs, to make sure the kids don't fall into guns and gangs, that there is better community support to prevent kids from going into the wrong direction. I know that is something that really matters to Chinese Canadians.
团结共融 族裔媒体角色重要
问：自由党的少数族裔政策是什么？
答：我们一直大力支持社区报纸及族裔媒体。加拿大人要团结共融，其中一个关键是人民用自己的语言及文化，了解加拿大正在发生的事。
像《明报》这样的报纸，用读者熟悉的文化及笔调分享新闻尤其重要，这使本国华裔公民在国家议题上作出更明智的决定。
所以我们必须支持新闻业，尤其是转型数码化时期；但我们更需要透过族裔媒体，将资讯带给未必看主流新闻的社区。
Q: What is the Liberal Party's policy for ethnic minorities？
A: We have been strong supporters in community newspaper and ethnic media. One of the things that bind Canada together is for people to understand what is going on in the country, and feel part of it in their own language and in their own culture.
The way newspapers like Ming Pao end up sharing those stories to Canadians in a way that is culturally appropriate and sensitive, makes them better citizens, makes them better decisions that these Canadians are making.
So yes we have to support journalism in general, particularly in a time of digital transformation, but specifically, we need to help people to reach those communities that don’t necessarily get their news from mainstream sources.