OTTAWA — A prominent gun-control group says the federal government’s buyback of assault-style firearms will be a waste of money unless it includes a prohibition of the semi-automatic SKS rifle.

Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed approximately 2,500 types of guns on the basis they belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters.

The government says a federal buyback program will provide owners fair compensation for their outlawed firearms, with the latest details to be announced Tuesday.

However, the government has not outlawed the SKS, which is commonly used in Indigenous communities to hunt for food.

The SKS has also been used in police killings and other high-profile shootings.

PolySeSouvient, formed in response to the 1989 mass shooting at Montreal’s Ecole

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