- Stephen Harper, Where's the Report

Submitted: 7:03am, PDT, 24 Aug.'10 CBC News
Re-submitted: 2:50pm, PDT, 24 Aug.'10 CBC News
Re-Re-submitted: 4:39pm, PDT, 24 Aug.'10 CBC News (go figure)
Police chiefs endorse long-gun registry, August 24, 2010, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/08/23/gun-registry-police-chiefs.html

I thought that Cheliak was going to release the '09 Report on the Gun registry. You, know, the '09 version of the one that somehow didn't get released by the Harper government until 2 days after the vote last year - vis.:

"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. " (Toronto Star)

Don't tell me that it is somehow going to get lost in the shuffle. Or, perhaps the new guy taking Cheliak's place will have to review it before it is released and so it will be pushed back to say, 24 Sep (2 days after the next vote on the private member's bill).

The big surprise is that the media doesn't seem to be giving the Report and the delay in its release any attention.

Come on Media: shine that light into dark corners of government and assist the process of holding governments accountable. Let it shine, shine, shine, shine, shine

excerpt: comments Lloyd MacILquham cicblog