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In the only Canadian city that has suffered three mass shootings at three post-secondary institutions, survivors and families of the deceased came together Tuesday to demand federal candidates pass laws ensuring such attacks never happen again.

Calling the Conservative Party “the greatest threat to gun control in Canada,” victims of the Polytechnique massacre and the Dawson College shooting said they consider the Liberal Party’s commitments — including a pledge to purge the country of all assault-type rifles — the strongest of all the parties.

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“There’s no question that my beautiful daughter would still be alive today if better gun control laws existed back then,” said Suzanne Laplante-Edward, the mother of Anne-Marie Edward, who was killed in 1989 along with 13 other women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

The gun used — a Ruger Mini-14 rifle — remains available for purchase in Canada. The news conference was held in a Polytechnique classroom, security guards at the doors.