Ottawa announces $54 million in funding to fight gun, gang violence in Ontario

By John Chunn ( August 27, 2019, 11:45 AM EDT) -- Federal Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair on Aug. 26 announced $54 million over three years in funding starting in 2020 to support Ontario’s Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy (GGVRS). This funding is in addition to the $11 million over two years announced in March, bringing the total investment over the five-year initiative to $65 million....