Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford says he is in favour of strong gun laws after the Liberals released a recording of him speaking about guns.
Just days before Ontario voters are set to hit the polls, the Liberals released an audio recording of they said was of Ford at an April 9 campaign event in Dryden, Ont.
In the recording, Ford is heard saying: 鈥淕uns don鈥檛 kill people. Crazy people with guns kill people.鈥�
鈥淗ow many times (do) you hear responsible gun owners, hunters, going around killing people?鈥� Ford continues. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛.鈥�
Deb Matthews, the Liberal campaign co-chair, told reporters on Monday Ford鈥檚 use of 鈥淣RA-style rhetoric鈥� is an example of why Ontario voters should elect as many Liberal MPPs as possible to avoid a PC or NDP majority government.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a telling example of what we might expect if Doug Ford is left unaccountable in a majority government,鈥� she said.
鈥淲e need to keep Doug Ford from doing the NRA鈥檚 dirty work in Ontario.鈥�
Speaking at his own campaign event Monday, Ford said he supports strong gun laws and notes his platform includes additional funding for police officers in Toronto and Ottawa to combat the increasing gun violence in the province.
鈥淚鈥檓 a strong believer in tough gun control,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to fund our police in Toronto. We鈥檙e going to fund our police in Ottawa.鈥�
This is the second audio tape the Liberal campaign has released of Ford. On May 24, the party released audio of Ford allegedly trying to sell bogus party memberships. Ford has denied these allegations.
