The following message may be a bit long, but I fired it off to both government and opposition MPs today. It won't change the course of events, but at least they'll know this kind of BS won't go down easy.
Message: To Gov't and Oppositon MPs.
This gun registration fiasco is just unbelievable….And I don’t care who was or is the minister in charge, the dirt of this deal sticks to every member of the Liberal government.
And I’m not a hardline conservative, or alliance, or other party member. I used to be Liberal member at one time….But, come on….how the Prime Minister, how Allan Rock, how Anne McLellan, how the current justice minister, how any government member can attempt to justify this kind of misuse of money and overspending is beyond belief….How stupid do you think taxpayers are?
As a gun owner I have never seen the logic of how this registration process was suppose to effectively curb violence. As CBC’s Rex Murphy aptly pointed out in a commentary Wednesday night….People were dying from gunshot wounds in Toronto this summer and gun registry was well in place….
But at the same time as not understanding the value, I have played ball. I have attempted to register my couple old hunting guns. I have nothing to fear or hide.
But then the auditor general comes along with this type of revelation on spending. A 500% over run, and the fact that it was hidden from government – that is just inexcusable….
If this government has an ounce of credibility it would apologize for this colossal screw up, look for some believable explanation, and then fire who ever authorized this kind of spending.
As so many media outlets have noted in the last couple days….and I’m sure it will continue for a while….does anybody in government have any clue at how much good and benefit $1 billion could have made to a wide range of people and agencies? All this money really has done has allowed someone in Ottawa or New Brunswick to record the fact that I have a 30-year-old, 22 calibre rifle, locked away in my basement that on a good day may fire one out of every 10 rounds simply because it is worn out… Now isn’t that good to know for $1 billion.
As much as the Prime Minister thinks he is smart trying to blame critics of the registration system for the overrun, he just digs his hole a little deeper. This is a shamefully wasteful, excessive and poorly conceived and executed plan. And the government should fess up it.
Lee Hart
Alberta Crops and Beef Magazine
Message: To Gov't and Oppositon MPs.
This gun registration fiasco is just unbelievable….And I don’t care who was or is the minister in charge, the dirt of this deal sticks to every member of the Liberal government.
And I’m not a hardline conservative, or alliance, or other party member. I used to be Liberal member at one time….But, come on….how the Prime Minister, how Allan Rock, how Anne McLellan, how the current justice minister, how any government member can attempt to justify this kind of misuse of money and overspending is beyond belief….How stupid do you think taxpayers are?
As a gun owner I have never seen the logic of how this registration process was suppose to effectively curb violence. As CBC’s Rex Murphy aptly pointed out in a commentary Wednesday night….People were dying from gunshot wounds in Toronto this summer and gun registry was well in place….
But at the same time as not understanding the value, I have played ball. I have attempted to register my couple old hunting guns. I have nothing to fear or hide.
But then the auditor general comes along with this type of revelation on spending. A 500% over run, and the fact that it was hidden from government – that is just inexcusable….
If this government has an ounce of credibility it would apologize for this colossal screw up, look for some believable explanation, and then fire who ever authorized this kind of spending.
As so many media outlets have noted in the last couple days….and I’m sure it will continue for a while….does anybody in government have any clue at how much good and benefit $1 billion could have made to a wide range of people and agencies? All this money really has done has allowed someone in Ottawa or New Brunswick to record the fact that I have a 30-year-old, 22 calibre rifle, locked away in my basement that on a good day may fire one out of every 10 rounds simply because it is worn out… Now isn’t that good to know for $1 billion.
As much as the Prime Minister thinks he is smart trying to blame critics of the registration system for the overrun, he just digs his hole a little deeper. This is a shamefully wasteful, excessive and poorly conceived and executed plan. And the government should fess up it.
Lee Hart
Alberta Crops and Beef Magazine
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