Under 2,500 weapons declared in Manitoba as part of federal gun buyback program
Manitoba gun owners have declared fewer than 2,500 banned firearms as part of a federal buyback program that saw far lower participation than what the government had budgeted for.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/weapon-buyback-manitoba-uptake-9.7153359?cmp=rss
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Saskatchewan sees low participation rates in federal gun buyback program
Saskatchewan has the lowest per capita participation in Ottawa's Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. Some experts predict soon it will be even lower.
#Canada #FederalGunBuybackProgram #Firearms
https://globalnews.ca/news/11754522/low-saskatchewan-declaration-rates-federal-gun-buyback/

You can't please everyone, so get used to it. Try to create events that work for everyone? You'll likely get one that works for no one.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/08/you-cant-please-everyone-get-used-to-it

#meetings #EventDesign #participation #PleasingEveryone #PleasingNoOne #events #eventprofs

Saskatchewan sees low participation rates in federal gun buyback program
Saskatchewan has the lowest per capita participation in Ottawa's Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. Some experts predict soon it will be even lower.
#Canada #FederalGunBuybackProgram #Firearms
https://globalnews.ca/news/11754522/low-saskatchewan-declaration-rates-federal-gun-buyback/
Saskatchewan sees low participation rates in federal gun buyback program
Saskatchewan has the lowest per capita participation in Ottawa's Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. Some experts predict soon it will be even lower.
#Canada #FederalGunBuybackProgram #Firearms
https://globalnews.ca/news/11754522/low-saskatchewan-declaration-rates-federal-gun-buyback/
As Mideast leaders seek end to war, Iran warns U.S. against ground invasion
Pakistan said that the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt were holding talks in Islamabad without U.S. or Israeli participation.
#World #Iran
https://globalnews.ca/news/11750638/iran-us-ground-invasion-diplomacy-meeting/
As Mideast leaders seek end to war, Iran warns U.S. against ground invasion
Pakistan said that the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt were holding talks in Islamabad without U.S. or Israeli participation.
#World #Iran
https://globalnews.ca/news/11750638/iran-us-ground-invasion-diplomacy-meeting/

The new uncomfortable normality
No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience (report): National security starts at the front door – not at the territorial borders.

"For most Australians, the 18-month research project revealed, national security starts at their front door – not at the territorial borders of the island continent. It showed they are worried the country is not prepared for the demands of a volatile 21st century in a polluted information ecosystem, where the rules-based international order is crumbling, economic precarity has become uncomfortably normal and trust is more fragile." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/29/surging-anxiety-australia-national-security-patriotism-ntwnfb

Report: No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience >>
https://nsc.anu.edu.au/research/no-worries-australian-attitudes-national-security-risk-and-resilience

#PublicAnxiety #anxiety #Australia #worries #trust #precarity #inequality #polycrisis #instability #safety #stability #participation #SocialIntegration #FarRight #SocialCohesion #belonging #HyperIndIvidualisation #UncomfortableNormality #climate #NationalSecurity #war

Anxiety about national security is surging among ordinary Australians. And it starts at their front door

Patriotism can be inclusive and respectful, it need not exclude and demean. Trust can vanquish extremism

The Guardian