TORONTO STAR: Tories yanked media splash on the eve of destroying gun registry data

[R. LaCasse]

Date: Sun, April 21, 2013 5:04 pm
From: "Dennis R. Young"
Subject: TORONTO STAR: Tories yanked media splash on the eve of ...

...destroying gun registry data


Tories yanked media splash on the eve of destroying gun registry data
Public servants spent a full month last fall preparing two splashy
announcements heralding the destruction of the long-gun registry data only
to have the events cancelled at the last moment without explanation. By:
Bruce Cheadle The Canadian Press, Published on Sun Apr 21 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/04/21/tories_yanked_media_splash_on_the_eve_of_destroying_gun_registry_data.html

OTTAWA-Public servants spent a full month last fall preparing two splashy
announcements heralding the destruction of long-gun registry data - only to
have the events cancelled at the last moment without explanation. Documents
obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information show civil
servants spent weeks preparing speeches and news releases after receiving an
urgent request from Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. The final deletion of
millions of gun registry records on Oct. 31 could be seen as a crowning
achievement for a Conservative government that fought the registry for more
than a decade. But when the moment arrived, Toews quietly informed a
closed-door meeting in Regina about the data destruction. It prompted some
puzzled gun owners to suggest the government had slid the announcement under
the door. The government is providing no reason why it cancelled the
national media events to announce the data destruction. However, longtime
sport shooting advocate Gerry Gamble says the Conservatives have decided to
start keeping their gun reforms low key so as not to inflame the
non-gun-owning public. The Coalition for Gun Control predicts that ending
the gun registry will result in more gun crime and says Conservatives with
an eye on the next federal election are worried about the optics of dancing
on the registry's grave.

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