OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he doubts local police will have the resources to enforce the Liberals’ mandatory gun “buy-back” program and says the reason Prime Minister Mark Carney is sticking with the policy is to appease voters in Quebec.

That’s according to a roughly 20-minute conversation the minister had on Sunday with an individual, which the minister says is authentic but was recorded without his knowledge and then circulated by a “gun lobbyist.”

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In the recording, Anandasangaree reveals to the person he is speaking with that the federal government will announce the next phase of the program on Tuesday and unveil a pilot that will roll out in Cape Breton.

The Liberals had planned to move ahead this fall with the next phase of the pro

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