- Confucius say: "If it looks like a Con and smells like a Con, it's likely a Con"

Submitted: 8:14am, PDT, 18 Aug.'10 CBC News
Federal gun program head ousted, CBC News, August 17, 2010
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/08/17/long-gun-registry-cheliak.html
"'I question why he's been transferred and who has made this decision to transfer him,' said Charles Momy, president of the Canadian Police Association. 'But it seems interesting that all of a sudden this transfer occurs when we know the vote is coming on this bill'.

. . .

CBC's Brian Stewart reported that Cheliak was set to unveil a major report before the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police at their annual general meeting in Edmonton and get a president's award for his work on the long-gun registry."

Confucius say: "If it looks like a Con and smells like a Con, it's likely a Con" (well he might if he were able to take a look at what Harper and the Con's are doing).

What is it with Harper and the Con's and reports on the long gun registry. The article doesn't mention what will happen to this 'major report'. Don't tell me that its release will be delayed by a month, or so - I'm getting déjà vu here - till after any vote on the Private Member's Bill (C-391) on 22 Sep. Wasn't that the Con on the first vote.

"Access to Information has revealed that the then-public safety minister Peter Van Loan sat on the RCMP report on the Gun registry until after the vote. The paper trail shows that the Report was received by him on 18 September. It ought to have been released in 15 sitting days but was help up by Van Loan until 6 November, after the vote. Van Loan response, we had the Report 'for several days'."
(posted to cicblog: 22 February, 2010)

Compare:
Tories sniped at firearm data Challenges held up RCMP report backing long-gun registry until after key Commons vote, Kevin Frayer, Feb 22 2010
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/769298--tories-sniped-at-firearm-data
"The email trail shows the 2008 firearms report was received on Sept. 18, [2009,] but "apparently reviewed by the office of the liaison to the minister for some time. The minister's office is now saying that because they did not receive the report until Oct. 9, they have until Nov. 6 to table it [2 days after the vote, 4 Nov.'09]."

The 2008 report was a largely positive review of the gun control program, and confirmed growing police use of the gun registry database. The 2009 numbers are even more pronounced. "

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html