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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
Today in history
Today: Gerry Nicholls wins Twitter. We’ll never top that.
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
An imbalance of outcomes
Gun lobby vs. shooting victims
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,…