A handful of questions
During his most recent infrequent visit to Calgary, Stephen Harper told Conservative supporters that his government would finally get around to repealing the life saving long gun registry.Three questionsNow that…
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Dear Canadian gun owner
Please do not write your newly elected Member of Parliament. You're just not smart enough to know what you actually want. You may not even realize the depth of your…
Which NDP long gun registry policy do you prefer?
Over the course of this campaign, New Democrats have taken a number different and sometimes incompatible positions on the life saving long gun registry. Which do you prefer? 1) Municipal…
If Jack Layton won’t put vulnerable Canadians ahead of politics as usual, he won’t get my vote (and he doesn’t deserve your’s)
There's nothing to suggest that November 25, 2010 - the International Day to End Violence against Women - was an unusual day in Alberta. On that day, 816 women and…
Once upon a time, the NDP cared about fighting gun violence
Until this election, every Jack Layton-led NDP campaign platform has included proposals to deal with illegal guns and gun violence. These include: 2008: Halt the illegal importation of handguns from…
On responses to gun lobby holocaust analogies
In the United States, when radical gun owner groups compare themselves to the victims of Nazi Holocaust, politicians speak out. In Canada, when a handpicked advisor to the Harper Tory…
Who’d’ve thunk it?
74% of Canadians support Canada's integrated gun gun control program. So why is Jack Layton still pandering to the 22% who oppose Canada's life saving long gun registry?
Stephen Harper is no George Bush
Extremism in the pursuit of a goal is still extremism A couple of days ago, we wrote about a hand picked Harper gun policy advisor who compared Canadian police officers…
Because talking to vulnerable people is icky
Kootenay-Columbia NDP candidate Mark Shmigelsky has a gun registry plan. It's not a very good plan but it is his plan:If the gun registry issues comes again I will sit…
Another simple question about the long gun registry
If an experienced NDP candidate in rural Central Alberta can stand up for the long gun registry, why won't Jack Layton?