CANADA LIBERALS SCRAP FEES IN FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY

[droptine]

It's not true,
I heard it on the local cjbq 800 am news this morning. The federal Canadian Liberal Goverment is scrapping the 2 billion dollar federal gun registry.


Thanks Swamp buck; I should have checked some other sources. It appears they are just scrapping the fees. I guess it was to good to be true that they were scrapping the whole thing. We can only hope for that, but I'll take the "no fees" for now.

[kevin1]

Good for Canada !
It's nice to see that they finally came to their senses and got rid of that stupid garbage . Now if only they could get those damned Frenchies out of Parliament !

[Aught Six]

AMEN!

[Cyrus]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

Please tell me this isn't a joke.
Actually if it is true they must seriously want to try to get the western vote back.
Ha, too little too late.
I hope nobody falls for it. They are still a bunch of money wasting screw ups. Get rid of them!

[Cyrus]

[link]http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/05/20/canada/newguns040520[/link]

I don't know. This is the 1st news on it I could find. It doesn't sound like they are scraping it altogether just some big changes. We'll see what happens.
Oh well, it's a start I guess.

They're definitely trying to get some votes back.

[tschaef]

The Liberals won't scrap it, they are about to call an election and don't want to admit that they made such a huge mistake by introducing it at all. They have dropped user fees in hopes that more people will comply, and capped the annual spending on the program, thats it.
I just wonder how many lives could have been saved if they had given the billion dollars to law enforcement to catch criminals, instead of used it to harass sportsmen.


Quote from The Toronto Star:

"EDMONTON - Ottawa took aim at its troubled gun registry today by making it cheaper for both users and taxpayers while backing it up with steeper penalties for gun crimes and increased resources for police. Gun registration will remain mandatory and non-compliance will remain in the Criminal Code."

[8x8bull]

im glad I dont live there but then again i know what your going through, see i live in California and like the canadian goverment officials the california goverment officials harass us sportsmen with limited seasons and they jack up the price for a deer tag or they ban rockfishing all winter. its a travesty, a sham and a mockery! its a traveshamockery!

[stuckinthereeds]

Yeah, California sucks too.

[Goodguy]

All Canadians who feel that they have been duped & penalized over the fact that they were charged fees in view of Anne mcLellan's announcement on cancelling registration fees should send in a copy of this letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, their own MP and their friends. gg.


Date and Return Address

Hon. Anne McLellan MP
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
12304 - 107 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, T5M 1Z1

Dear Ms. McLellan,

On May 19th. you announced that the $25.00 fee to transfer or register a
firearm is discontinued.

This means that effectively, you are rewarding persons who now may
comply with the legislation, while persons who obeyed the law are
penalized for having done so.

There is an obvious inequity in this move.

Under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 15. (1) Every individual is
equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal
protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and,
in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or
ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical
disability.

Therefore, in order to ensure my Charter Rights, to be treated
equally under the law, I am asking that the Government of Canada
refund all fees for registration and transfer of firearms that I have
paid.

I await your earliest response to this matter.


Sincerely,

Name

[logs]

I not touch this with a 10 foot pole. I got to guys on horses in red wool outfit checking out my house now for the comments I made on the "hate speech thread" I don't need any more horse crap in my yard