Montreal wants an assault weapon ban [Video]

Mayor Valerie Plante is urging the federal government to implement wider gun control measures.

The call comes nearly two weeks before Montreal marks 35 years since the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre which killed 14 women and injured many more.

Plante says the city wants a total ban on all assault weapons before the launch of Canada’s firearms buy back program this fall.

“I just think it makes sense to have a complete list before we move forward and knowing how the gun industry adapts,” Plante said.

The mayor and advocates say Canada’s Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc previously promised a wider ban by Dec. 6.

On that day in 1989, Nathalie Provost survived the massacre that killed 14 of her classmates.

She says tighter gun laws are long overdue.

“The sooner, the better. It’s really, really, really important. There may be, in any time, an election,” Provost said.

The federal government has banned nearly 2,000 assault-style firearms and their …