OTTAWA — The federal government announced a pilot program on Tuesday for individual gun owners who want to receive compensation for prohibited firearms.

The Liberals announced the pilot as a way to test the process for compensating gun owners by targeting the program in Cape Breton initially, with plans to expand it nationwide later this fall, but with no specific date.

Doing so fulfills a campaign promise Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals made during the spring federal election and continues a policy introduced under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

Tuesday’s announcement comes one day after audio of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree was circulated to the media, which showed the minister, in a private conversation, casting doubt that local police would be able to e

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