Quebecers alone in supporting gun registry
Robert Peffers
Populist, Redneck, Western Canadian
American Republican-style Conservatism in favor of a more Central
Canadian Red Tory-style Conservatism
if he even remotely hopes to be able to carve a majority government
out of vote rich, socially liberal, economically progressive,
environmentally aware Quebec.
Its time to replace American Republican-style Conservative Albertan
Stephen Harper with a Canadian
Red Tory-style Conservative Quebecois such as Jean Charest or Jean-
Pierre Blackburn.
-Robert James (Auld Bob) Peffers
Quebecers alone in supporting gun registry: Poll
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published On Wed Nov 11 2009
OTTAWA – Quebecers are alone in wanting to save the long-gun registry,
a new poll suggests.
Outside the province, most Canadians aren't convinced the registry has
done much to reduce gun crime and appear content to abolish it.
The survey by The Canadian Press Harris-Decima was conducted Nov. 5-8,
just after the House of Commons gave approval in principle to a
private member's bill aimed at killing the controversial registry.
The bill, sponsored by a Conservative MP with the wholehearted
endorsement of the Harper minority government, passed its first hurdle
with help from 12 New Democrats, eight Liberals and one Independent.
The Bloc Quebecois voted unanimously against abolition and the survey
results help explain why.
In Quebec, a majority of respondents – 56 per cent – said they're
opposed to abolishing the registry. And 50 per cent said they believed
the registry has helped reduce gun crime.
Outside Quebec, it was a different story.
Majorities in Atlantic Canada (50 per cent), British Columbia (51 per
cent), Alberta (64 per cent) and Manitoba-Saskatchewan (61 per cent)
said it's a good idea to get rid of the registry.
Ontarians were split on the issue, with 42 per cent favouring
abolition and 40 per cent opposed.
Almost 61 per cent of Canadians outside Quebec said they believed the
gun registry had made no difference in reducing gun crimes.
"Outside of Quebec, there doesn't seem to be very much of a force that
would say, 'Please don't abolish this gun registry'," said Doug
Anderson, Harris-Decima senior vice-president.
Anderson said Canadians still generally feel that "too many guns in
society is a bad thing." But persistent controversy over the long-gun
registry seems to have persuaded them that this particular measure is
not the best way to go about it.
In particular, he said, they've likely been influenced by vocal
critics who contend the registry is a billion-dollar waste that
targets law-abiding hunters and farmers rather than gun-toting
criminals.
"Other than police ... there don't seem to be a lot of champions for
it," Anderson said.
"It seems to me that the case against in this particular situation has
been more convincing for more Canadians."
Anderson said Quebecers have been most supportive of the registry
since its introduction in the wake of the 1989 massacre of 14 women at
Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique.
He noted that the latest survey was conducted at "a time of heightened
sensitivity" – a month before the 20th anniversary of the massacre and
a month after the third anniversary of another shooting at Montreal's
Dawson College. That may partly account for the disparity between the
results in Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Still, Tory support for abolition of the registry didn't stop the
Conservatives from snatching a rural Quebec riding from the registry-
supporting Bloc in a byelection on Monday.
Indeed, the poll suggests there'll be little political fallout from
the issue. Only 29 per cent of respondents said their vote will be
affected by the way in which their MP votes to keep or abolish the
long-gun registry.
"Fundamentally, what I saw in the numbers was it didn't seem to have
the political clout to necessarily be a deciding factor for very many
people," said Anderson.
"As emotional as it may be, it's likely that Canadians also have other
concerns that might be more pressing or relevant to their vote
decision."
The telephone survey of just over 1,000 people is considered accurate
within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19
times in 20. The margin of error is larger for regional sub-samples.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/724295--quebecers-alone-in-supporting-gun-registry-poll
Loaf of Bread
wrote:
[snip]
You missed the most important paragraph in the whole story my roving
socialist fruitcake. Maybe if Quebecers really cared about the gun
registry, there would be one more BQ MP in Ottawa today.
> Quebecers alone in supporting gun registry: Poll
> THE CANADIAN PRESS
> Published On Wed Nov 11 2009
[snip]
> Still, Tory support for abolition of the registry didn't stop the
> Conservatives from snatching a rural Quebec riding from the registry-
> supporting Bloc in a byelection on Monday.
[snip]
> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/724295--quebecers-alone-in...
John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium Loaf of Bread <john...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> $On Nov 18, 11:00�pm, Robert Peffers <auldbobpeffer...@gmail.com>
> $wrote:
> $
> $[snip]
> $
> $You missed the most important paragraph in the whole story my roving
> $socialist fruitcake. Maybe if Quebecers really cared about the gun
> $registry, there would be one more BQ MP in Ottawa today.
Peffers doesn't let inconvenient little facts get in the way
of his cloud cuckoo land.
> $> Quebecers alone in supporting gun registry: Poll
> $> THE CANADIAN PRESS
> $> Published On Wed Nov 11 2009
> $
> $[snip]
> $
> $> Still, Tory support for abolition of the registry didn't stop the
> $> Conservatives from snatching a rural Quebec riding from the registry-
> $> supporting Bloc in a byelection on Monday.
> $
> $[snip]
> $
> $> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/724295--quebecers-alone-in...
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John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium Robert Peffers
<auldbobp...@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
You really are a stupid fuck Peffers.