With the passage of Bill C-19 in the House of Commons and its inevitable passage through the Senate later this year, there seems to be little reason to maintain this project. The democratically elected representatives have spoken.
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Cowboys for Social Responsibility: What Vic Toews doesn’t know might hurt you
As the Conservative caucus wanders off tonight to celebrate their modest victory against the continuation of the life saving long gun registry by drinking the blood of gun violence victims with the gun lobby, we would be remiss if we did not point out how little Public Safety Minister Vic
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: It’s the hypocrisy stupid
Over the last week, much ink has been spilled over Harper Tory MP Larry Miller’s comparison of gun registry proponents to Hitler. It’s hard to imagine a more odious or historically incorrect comparison. Condemnation of Miller’s objectionable assertion has come from within Parliament and beyond. Yet not one Conservative MP
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: 50 calibre rifle found in Mountie shooting suspect’s truck
It’s a shame that the Harper Tories don’t think that rifles like the one described in this story need to be registered: The rifle was hidden inside, police say. It was not loaded, but a police dog team found a loaded .50-calibre magazine a short distance away. That type of
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: As the Harper Tories prepare to deep six the life saving long gun registry
A couple of readings on law abidingness: Police use the long gun registry Police use the long gun registry Gun collectors don’t always use the long gun registry
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Second ballot without a second language
Yesterday, Paul Dewar’s NDP leadership campaign released a poll that they claim put Dewar in first place on the second ballot of the NDP leadership race. Understandably, other campaigns drew their own conclusions from the results or their own unreleased but contradictory results. But the one question that the poll
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Didn’t you used to be NDP Foreign Affairs critic?
We’d really like to take NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar seriously. Really, we would. It’s hard to imagine a candidate who struggles in unscripted French being a credible face for a party that has the overwhelming majority of seats in francophone Quebec. But we were prepared to overlook that. The
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Today in history
Today: Gerry Nicholls wins Twitter. We’ll never top that.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: When CPC MPs lie to Parliament
On Tuesday during the debate on the life saving long gun registry, Harper Tory MP Larry Miller compared gun control supporters to Hitler. Shortly after Question Period that day, Miller stood up in the House and apologized for naming the “this evil guy”. Opposition MPs were less than satisfied, but
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Canada’s government at work
It really says something when even the gun lobby thinks the Justice Minister has said something dangerous. Victoria Times-Colonist February 8, 2012 As for warning shots, he said they can be dangerous. “We do not advocate that anybody fire a firearm in any place you don’t know where bullet is
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: We’re surprised that anybody is surprised by Larry Miller’s comparison of gun control supporters to Hitler
Following gun control issues as we do, we’re not really surprised that Conservative MP Larry Miller chose to compare gun registry supporters to Hitler. After all, Miller is just reflecting a common point view among gun control opponents. And he isn’t even the first person associated with Harper Tories to
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: A letter from Canada
OTTAWA Dear Foreign Dictator: On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to clarify our position on the use of torture. To be clear, our Government supports the use of torture when it is practiced with a clear objective. Please accept my most heartfelt apologies if the position
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Long gun registry helps police solve $250 000 theft from west coast business
Victoria Times Colonist “Access to the long-gun registry has been critical to advancing the speed of this investigation,” Jantzen said, who added it all went down in a matter of 24 hours.Saanich News “Long-gun registry checks were at the forefront of this investigation,” he said. “We support these accessible databases
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Just when you thought the #CPC could not be bigger jerks than you already believed them to be
It’s hard to imagine anything more petty that the Harper Tory government’s decision to keep Elizabeth May from giving her short tribute to Vaclav Havel in the House of Commons this afternoon. Surely the morons responsible for this ironic outrage understand that it would not have been news had they
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Undue undiligence
On Friday, CBC News highlighted another example of the Harper Tory Government not sharing publicly available information with Parliamentarians. In this case, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ written response stated that the RCMP uses 12 fixed wing aircraft for surveillance but that he could not release any further data about
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Giving credit where credit is due
Yesterday, the Harper Tory government was finally forced to announce the membership of its radical anti-gun control committee (Question 364). It’s only five or six years after the committee was established that a written Parliamentary question shone some light on the rocks under which the committee lives. Review of the
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Establishing motive
Why are the Harper Tories hell bent on destroying data from the life saving long gun registry? A high profile Toronto lawyer thinks he knows why: It’s like throwing a bomb into a crime lab because they didn’t want any evidence left there.We couldn’t have said it any better.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: An imbalance of outcomes
Gun lobby vs. shooting victims
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: When actions speak larger than words
Ten days ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was eagerly criticizing NDP leadership Thomas Mulcair over his French citizenship. The Prime Minister emphasized his Canada-first and always patriotism. In my case, as I say, I’m very clear. I’m a Canadian and only a Canadian.If the Prime Minister thinks that being Canadian
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