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Article: Bill to repeal long-gun registry
Winnipeg Free Press;  February 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... government of Jean Chretien, the long-gun registry has proven to be an ineffective billion ... calling for the abolition of the long-gun registry once Parliament resumes later this month ... finally would get rid of the long-gun registry. I am very pleased to tell the House ...

Article: Canada's long gun registry refuses to die
Winnipeg Free Press;  July 4, 2009 ;     698 words ... ... Conservatives want to eliminate the long gun registry and the Bloc Quebecois solidly support ... Conservatives if we hope to see the long gun registry terminated. To date there have been three long-gun-registry-elimination bills introduced by ...

Article: Gun registry computer deal 'smoking gun'
Winnipeg Free Press;  May 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... million computer contract for the federal gun registry now the subject of a "stop-work ... Parliament, a longtime Conservative gun-registry critic alleges. Saskatchewan Conservative ... government kept the true costs of the gun registry from Parliament and that the problems ...

Article: Manitoba MPs go after long-gun registry
The Brandon Sun;  May 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... aim again at the controversial long-gun registry Friday with two Manitoba MPs firing ... register their firearms with the federal gun registry, Treasury Board president and senior ... government's resolve to repeal the long-gun registry which is clearly a wasteful use of taxpayers ...

Article: Revamp gun registry, poll says
Winnipeg Free Press;  May 15, 2006 ;     547 words ... ... completely scrap the country's expensive gun registry program, a new opinion poll suggests ... believe the government should revamp the gun registry system. "There's nothing ambiguous ... president at Ipsos Reid. "The concept of a gun registry has taken root across the country ...

Article: Government of Canada Re-Introduces Bill to Abolish the Wasteful ...
CCNMatthews Newswire;  November 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... made a commitment to repeal the long-gun registry and we are following through on our ... prior to the imposition of the long-gun registry. Gun control measures in Canada continue ... prior to the imposition of the long-gun registry, a requirement for businesses to maintain ...

Article: Tories to shoot down gun registry; Problem-plagued ...
Winnipeg Free Press;  May 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... for all the problem-plagued long-gun registry with the $1 billion pricetag. "Are ... on her 2002 blockbuster audit on the gun registry that sparked calls for its end included ... information to Parliament about costs of gun registry, failing to report a $21.8-million ...