MPs voted 164-137 yesterday to repeal the failed billion-dollar Canadian long gun registry. The 33 vote margin signaled considerable support in the opposition parties beyond Stephen Harper's minority conservatives. The bill to repeal still has to go to public hearings, a second vote in parliament and then to the Senate.
Candice Hoeppner, the conservative backbencher who sponsored the bill to repeal said, "Unfortunately, the long-gun registry didn't do anything to stop criminals from having guns. It was a huge waste of money and it targeted the wrong people."
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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