Conservatives get set to kill off an old friend — the long-gun registry

The Liberal carnage in May, when the party lost 43 seats, could hardly be blamed on the registry.


By Tim Harper, The Star OTTAWA - It’s been often toxic, sometimes abusive, but the volatile relationship between the Conservatives and the long-gun registry has endured for 15 years.

But it will be shortly ending. The Conservatives have signaled they will introduce legislation to abolish the registry, fulfilling a campaign promise — in fact, a promise its predecessor party first made in 1997. More...

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