Manitoba's pleas for Amazon, Walmart to clamp down on online machete sales ignored

Manitoba's pleas for Amazon, Walmart to clamp down on online machete sales ignored

Amazon and Walmart Canada haven't responded to two separate letters from the provincial government, which ask it to "comply with the intent" of provincial legislation when selling machetes and other long-blade weapons online, the government confirmed.

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Amazon and Walmart Canada have so far ignored the NDP government’s requests to restrict the online sale of machetes to Manitobans, the province says. The major distributors haven’t responded to two letters from the provincial government — issued Dec. 6, 2024, and Feb. 6, 2025 — asking them to “comply with the intent” of provincial legislation when selling machetes and other long-bladed weapons online, the government confirmed. The new provincial…