Conservative insistence on destroying long-gun records ‘perverse,’ say opposition MPs

Quebec government says it will take the feds to court over maintaining records on the province's gun owners, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper says, 'The provinces have the right to pursue their own policies, but this government will not help [establish] a registry through the back door.'

PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed off the threat of a court battle with Quebec over preservation of the federal long-gun registry’s database Tuesday, prompting opposition MPs to describe the Conservative’s determination to destroy $1-billion worth of informa...

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