Registry, or not? Gun bill’s ‘reference number’ tracking system explained

The RCMP says it has ‘identified’ the funds needed to administer the gun bill, but it won’t say how much it will cost before C-71 becomes law.

It's not a registry: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured here at a summit on guns and gangs last month, has said countless times that his government will not create another long-gun registry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 30, 2018

The government’s controversial gun safety bill will create a new RCMP database to hold information on who has bought and sold guns and when they did so, drawing comparisons from gun control opponents and Conservative politicians to the unpopular gun registry of the 1...

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