“I just hope they remember who they’re supposed to be working for”

, September 17, 2010

There’s an interesting story in the Globe and Mail this morning about a novel new tactic that the Conservatives have taken in their increasingly difficult battle to scrap the gun registry. Novel towards a dishonest and despicable end, of course, but novel just the same. As the story explains, the Conservatives “have begun running a […]


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Carol Hughes is the fifth NDP MP to switch sides on the gun registry vote

, September 16, 2010

It’s being reported this afternoon that NDP MP Carol Hughes has become the fifth of the twelve NDP MPs who previously voted to scrap the long gun registry to reverse her decision and announce that she’ll vote against the bill next week. “The Conservatives have used this as a political tool for years,” Hughes noted […]


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Malcolm Allen becomes the fourth NDP MP to get on the right side (buckle up, this is a long one)

, September 15, 2010

As I’ve noted in one or two previous posts on the subject, the number of NDP MPs who have pledged to vote against Bill C-391 next week, out of the twelve who supported it during its second reading in November, has risen to four. Echoing the concerns of his predecessors, Welland MP Malcolm Allen has […]


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Link of the Day: Truths and Myths

, September 15, 2010

The reason I’m posting this is because I think it’s worth discussing. Yesterday, when I posted a link to the report issued by the RCMP on the Canadian Firearms Program and the long gun registry, I credited Truths and Myths for hosting it, along with the Toronto Star. If I’d only linked to the Star’s […]


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Here is the RCMP’s official evaluation of the Canadian Firearms Program

, September 14, 2010

Hey, you know the RCMP report on the long gun registry that everyone’s been talking about? The one that was completed in February, but which was only circulated among MPs in the House a couple of weeks ago? Well, for those of you want to read it, here it is, in PDF format, courtesy of […]


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Claude Gravelle becomes the third NDP MP to change his vote for the better

, September 10, 2010

Following in the footsteps of fellow NDP MPs Charlie Angus and Glenn Thibeault, MP Claude Gravelle has announced that he has changed his mind and will also vote against killing the gun registry later this month. Gravelle’s statement on the issue is particularly worth noting. “The mounting rhetoric and divisive debate egged on by Conservative […]


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Link of the Day: YWCA Canada

, September 10, 2010

As more good news continues to surface in the fight to save the gun registry, I thought I’d take the time to link to the YWCA, who have emerged as a strong leader on the issue because they recognize the registry’s importance as a tool in helping to prevent violence against women. More to come […]


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Take action to save the gun registry

, September 8, 2010

The Liberals have posted a five-point plan that everyday Canadians who want to take action to save the gun registry can follow. It’s also a scathing but not totally undeserved dig at the NDP, but that’s neither here nor there. They’re all fairly sound ideas. Well, one of them’s a call for donations, but that’s […]


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Well done, Glenn Thibeault!

, September 7, 2010

Today it was announced that NDP MP Glenn Thibeault, who is one of the twelve MPs in the party’s ranks who voted to scrap the gun registry during the bill’s second reading back in November, will switch his vote and oppose the Conservatives during the final vote later this month. “The Long Gun Registry is […]


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Google Alerts and the gun registry

, September 1, 2010

I haven’t really written much about the gun registry issue during the past few days. Hell, I haven’t even been able to keep up with some of the more recent comments that have been posted on this blog about the gun registry. But it’s not for lack of new developments, and over the course of […]


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