Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, for many years now law-abiding Canadians who use rifles and shotguns for legitimate reasons have spoken out against the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry created in the 1990s by the former Liberal government. Last May, this government promised to end

Firearms Registry  Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, 156 members stood in their place and voted to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. We were doing what we told our constituents we would do. At first, we wondered why members, like those for Western Arctic and the NDP leadership contender

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act   signed by thousands of members of my riding, all of whom wanted the government to scrap the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. I also want to note that our office did a survey on this very issue within our riding, and again the constituents of Cumberland—Colchester

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act   this before, but it is important to repeat because some of my colleagues across the aisle just do not get it. By scrapping this wasteful and ineffective long gun registry, we can, instead, focus our efforts and resources on measures that actually tackle crime and make our communities safer

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act   the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all. Bill C-19 includes two important components. It will end the requirement that compels law-abiding long gun owners to register their non-restricted firearms, notably long guns. People wishing to acquire a firearm of ammunition

Firearms Registry  Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all, and that is exactly what we are doing. We are united as Conservatives from coast to coast to coast to end the measure that unfairly targets law

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I will be very clear about this. Our government is very proud to have followed the will of Parliament by destroying the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. We will not apologize for respecting the will of Parliament. We will, however, make sure

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. It is this government that has ended the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry. We reject any claim that the RCMP did anything wrong by following the express will of Parliament to destroy the data from the long-gun registry. It was still

Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1   in the budget addresses this problem and it solves it. Our Conservative government was pleased to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all. We know that the opposition parties would want to bring it back.

Access to Information   and ineffective long gun registry once and for all, and we will make no apologies to any member of the NDP for ensuring that the will of Parliament is followed.

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman, our government has fulfilled its commitment to end the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry once and for all. It's still possible to access outdated copies of the long-gun registry through access to information legislation. The will of Parliament has been

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act   and ineffective long gun registry should they ever get the chance. The NDP leader said on December 3 of this past year: I think that it is possible to provide the police with the tools to better protect the public and themselves by making sure they're able to follow every gun.... I have

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act   to the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. The NDP leader was unequivocal that if he were to form a government, he “We will bring in something that allows the police to track every gun in Canada”. The Liberal Leader has said, “If we had a vote tomorrow, I would vote once again

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act   by the rules. That is why we ended the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry once and for all. It is clear that our approach is working. According to Statistics Canada, the firearms homicide rate in Canada is at its lowest point in nearly 50 years. There has been a 30% decline

Public Safety   long-gun registry for all, and we will make no apologies in the House for ensuring that the will of Parliament is followed.