With all the noise about the Liberals recent attempt to force an early election, you may have missed the news that legislation to eliminate the long-gun registry (Bill C-391) is now before the House of Commons.  And if most opposition MPs who have pledged to support the legislation keep their word, (and that’s a big if) then the House of Commons should vote to repeal the long-gun registry sometime around November.

This does not mean the long-gun registry is dead. Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe will use every procedural trick in the book to slow passage of this bill into law.

Passing legislation is a long slow process. Their hope is that a spring election will run out the clock on the Conservative’s bill.  But with the Liberals losing control of the Senate in January, the votes appear to be in place to topple the long-gun registry, if the government survives the spring.

I’m Brad Trost your Member of Parliament in Saskatoon-Humboldt.  You can call my office in Saskatoon at 975-6133 or drop by our two offices to visit: Saskatoon Monday-Friday or Humboldt Tuesday and Wednesday. I always appreciate your feedback.