Canada Gun Registry Law Expected To Meet Opposition In Parliament
Mort Karman - All Headline News Staff Reporter Ottawa (AHN) - Canada's opposition political parties have signaled they plan to try to scrap a plan by Prime Minister Steven Harper and his Tory government to scrap the country's long gun registry law. Last week's mass shooting at Dawson College in Montreal united otherwise fractious politicians, mostly from Quebec, but also from other parts of Canada to oppose the Conservative Party plan to end the rifle and shotgun registration. Tory leaders say the $1 billion (Canadian) a year cost of the plan is excessive and the money can be better spent in other anti crime measures. It has been reported that all of the firearms used by Dawson College killer Kimveer Gill were legally registered. As Members of of Parliament returned to the House of Commons for the first day of the fall session they stood for a moment of silence to mark the death of 18 year old Anastasia De Sousa,18, the Dawson College student who died at the shooting scene last Wednesday. Dawson College opened today for the first time since the shootings. Block Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe announced he would require all his MPs to vote against ending the law. Liberal leaders warned that the minority Conservative government of Steven Harper does not have the votes to kill the registry. The Liberal Party says it plans a united vote against killing the measure. Gun Control topped the question period agenda. |
