Mr. Speaker, like many members of Parliament, the constituents of Prince George—Peace River have been very busy over the summer. I have a number of petitions, but I will only be presenting the one today.
Well over 100 people from the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort Saint John, as well as the smaller communities of Pouce Coupe, Taylor, Farmington, Charlie Lake, Altona, Buick, Hudson Hope, and Rose Prairie in my beautiful riding have forwarded the following petition.
The petitioners believe that the federal firearms registry has obviously cost Canadian taxpayers well in excess of $1 billion. They wish to draw attention to the fact that six of Canada's provinces have refused to prosecute federal firearms registration law infractions under the Firearms Act .
They pray that Parliament pass legislation to wind up the federal firearms registry and reallocate spending to frontline policing and effective controls against the illegal weapons that are coming across our borders at airports and ports.