Quebec vows to create its own long-gun registry despite Supreme Court ruling
At a cost of some $30 Million, the Quebec Government plans to implement their own long gun registry in that Province in defiance of the Canadian Government. While data was destroyed in 2012 in other Provinces when Canada officially ended it's long gun registry. Quebec went to court to keep the records.
In a 5-4 decision, it was ruled by the courts that Quebec has no right to that data and that the destruction of the gun registry was lawful. Quebec's argument was that since the registry was a joint effort by Quebec and the Canadian government. It had a right to the information.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/que...gistry-despite-supreme-court-ruling-1.3011843
"The premier has taken steps to put in place a Quebec gun registry with or without the federal gun registry data. There will be a Quebec registry," said Lise Thériault, Quebec's public security minister.
In a split 5-4 decision, the top court found the federal government’s law requiring the destruction of gun certificate information is lawful under the Constitution, and the province of Quebec has no right to the data."
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At a cost of some $30 Million, the Quebec Government plans to implement their own long gun registry in that Province in defiance of the Canadian Government. While data was destroyed in 2012 in other Provinces when Canada officially ended it's long gun registry. Quebec went to court to keep the records.
In a 5-4 decision, it was ruled by the courts that Quebec has no right to that data and that the destruction of the gun registry was lawful. Quebec's argument was that since the registry was a joint effort by Quebec and the Canadian government. It had a right to the information.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/que...gistry-despite-supreme-court-ruling-1.3011843
"The premier has taken steps to put in place a Quebec gun registry with or without the federal gun registry data. There will be a Quebec registry," said Lise Thériault, Quebec's public security minister.
In a split 5-4 decision, the top court found the federal government’s law requiring the destruction of gun certificate information is lawful under the Constitution, and the province of Quebec has no right to the data."
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