- Harper Is Not Going To Rest Until Canada is Torn Asunder

Posted: 9/21/2010 12:55:16 PM the Globe and Mail
"The Conservative private-member's bill to scrap the long-gun registry faces a vote in the House of Commons on Sept. 22", Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press, Gloeb and Mail, 21 Sep.'10
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservatives-blitz-key-ridings-in-last-ditch-bid-to-scrap-gun-registry/article1715688/Conservatives blitz key ridings in last-ditch bid to scrap gun registry Tab 45

The article didn't mention who is paying for all these ads. I hope it isn't the good tax payers of Canada - yah, like Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada would ever use tax money to promote him and their party.

So, has the RCMP '09 Gun Registry Report been released?

Does having the media leak it count.

"Harper initially supported long-gun registry".

What, am I reading this right (morally that is).

Stephen Harper our PM and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, who, only yesterday stood up in the House of Commons and said Conservative MPs “can be very proud” that they tell their constituents “exactly” what “they are prepared to do” in Ottawa.
[Perhaps, Harper could tell all Canadians exactly what he is prepared to do]

“I would urge the leader of the NDP and the members of the NDP to implement the same level of integrity,” the Prime Minister said.
[that's a scary thought]

Stephen Harper who only last week said his government “is not going to rest until that long gun registry is abolished.”
[then, why the private member's Bill. Can't the Harper government introduce a Bill. They could even consider it a non-confidence vote - can you do that with a Private Member's Bill].
(Toronto Star).

ON 8/31/2010 12:12:05 PM The Globe and Mail, "Jack Layton - Here's a Good Plan" I posted:

It seems to me more rational to ensure that this Private Member's Bill fails.

If for no other reason than:

- Harper should be up front about it and have the Con government introduce the Bill;
- the failure to release the '08 Gun Registry Report last November until just after the vote; and,
- the failure, so far, of releasing the '09 Gun Registry Report, in which RCMP evaluation apparently states that:

"The report concludes the registry prepares officers for urgent calls, helps them trace weapons found at crime scenes and assists in keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable.

“It ensures police are better equipped to respond to, for example, a situation of domestic violence, assess potential safety risks and confirm the possible presence of firearms and their legal status,” the evaluation says." (Globe and Mail)

With a cost of between $2 - $4 million a year, apparently. (The $1billion Harper spentt, and in one shot, on the Con Photo Op in Toronto in Aug. would finance the registry for 250 years)

- I can understand why Harper might not want that in front of the Canadian people prior to the vote.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.htm