Abortion is legal in Canada, capital punishment is not. Day is a fundamentalist Christian who would be prime minister of Canada if his Alliance party won the greatest number of seats in the Nov. 27 election. The Alliance party has won support from anti-abortion groups. A majority of Canadians support abortion rights, according to polls. He survived the shooting and has since been active in calling for stronger anti-gang laws in Canada.
Police say they believe that two men who carried out the shooting have since been slain.
Police would not release the name of the gunmaker but said the man furnished the gun used in the shooting. He was charged with making illegal firearms. Police say they believe he supplies guns to the Montreal Hell's Angels biker gang, which police say is involved in a turf war over drugs. Iran's most popular female legislator went on trial and her husband announced he was withdrawing his resignation as culture minister to defend himself in a separate court case. Both the prosecution of lawmaker Jamileh Kadivar and the pressure on her husband, Ataollah Mohajerani, to resign are seen as attempts by hard-liners to thwart reformists in Iran.