PolyRemembers | |
Formation | 1989 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Purpose | Gun Ownership Regulation |
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Coordinator | Heidi Rathjen |
Spokesperson | Nathalie Provost |
Website | polysesouvient |
PolySeSouvient is a Canadian gun-control advocacy organization.
The non-profit organization was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.
PolySeSouvient (French for PolyRemembers) is a gun-control advocacy organization in Canada. [1]
Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre, is the organization's spokesperson. [2] Heidi Rathjen is the groups coordinator. [3]
PolySeSouvient was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre. [4]
In 2019, the group called for a ban on semi automatic rifles (including legal hunting and sport shooting rifles of law abiding citizens), a ban on handgun imports to Canada, and a ban on handgun manufacturing in Canada. [5] In 2020, the group was served a cease and desist document and threatened with litigation by gun manufacturing company Marstar. An image of a Marstar product had featured a 2019 letter from the group. [6]
In 2022, the organization was critical of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights for their use of the POLY sales promotional discount code. [2] The same year the group advocated to the Government of Canada to adapt upcoming gun control legislation to ban a wider range of firearms. [3] In February 2023, the group spoke in the Canadian parliament and told politicians that disinformation was confusing the issue of gun control. [7] In May 2023, the group was critical of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for what it described a reneging on gun-control promises and advised him that they considered him unwelcome at the upcoming memorial to the massacre. [1]