PolySeSouvient
PolyRemembers
Formation1989
TypeNon-profit
PurposeGun-control advocacy
Location
  • Canada
Coordinator
Heidi Rathjen
Spokesperson
Nathalie Provost
Websitepolysesouvient.ca

PolySeSouvient is a Canadian gun-control advocacy organization.

The non-profit organization was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.

Organization

PolySeSouvient (French for PolyRemembers) is a prominent gun-control advocacy organization in Canada.[1]

Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre, is the orgnization's spokesperson.[2] Heidi Rathjen is the groups coordinator.[3]

History

PolySeSouvient was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.[4]

In 2019, the group called for a ban on military style assault rifles, a ban on handgun imports to Canada, and a ban on handgun manufacturing in Canada.[5] In 2020, the group was served a cease and desist document and threatened with litigation by gun manufacturing company Marstar. An image of a Marstar product had featured a 2019 letter from the group.[6]

In 2022, the organization was critical of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights for their use of the POLY sales promotional discount code.[2] The same year the group advocated to the Government of Canada to adapt upcoming gun control legislation to ban a wider range of firearms.[3] In February 2023, the group spoke in the Canadian parliament and told politicians that disinformation was confusing the issue of gun control.[7] In May 2023, the group was critical of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for what it described a reneging on gun-control promises and advised him that they considered him unwelcome at the upcoming memorial to the massacre.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Justin Trudeau not welcome at memorials after reneging on promises, gun-control group says". The Globe and Mail. 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  2. 1 2 "Polytechnique mass shooting survivor slams gun rights group for using 'POLY' promo code". CBC. 2 Dec 2022. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Bronskill, Jim (2022-11-02). "Gun control advocates urge MPs to expand types of firearms banned". Canada's National Observer. Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. ↑ "L'histoire de PolySeSouvient". PolySeSouvient (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  5. ↑ Bronskill, Jim (2019-11-26). "Polytechnique shooting survivors call on Liberals to ban sales of assault-style weapons". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  6. ↑ "Allison Hanes: A new low in the war against gun control". montrealgazette. Archived from the original on 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  7. ↑ "CityNews". ottawa.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
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