Just recently there was an attempt in our House of Commons to do away with the Long Gun Registry. This is a boondoggle (useless make work project whose purpose it was to give the appearance that something was being done about crime) created by the Liberals, that was supposed to cost the taxpayers a million dollars to get up and running. It seems that a few years later, crime was still rampant and the cost had soared to a billion dollars. I guess they just couldn't get those pesky criminals to register their guns.
This recent vote taught us a few lessons.
1. MPs do not really care to vote according to the wishes of their constituents. Except of course, the Conservative ones because this was an election promise
2. The CBC is on side with the Liberals on this issue (surprise surprise) because they reported that the annual cost to the taxpayers for the registry was about $4 million a year. It is actually between $44 million and $56 million. I suggest we give the registry the $4 million and then force them to close their doors when the money runs out which would be in about 6 weeks.
3. So called free votes in parliament are not really free. Everyone voted along party lines. Our elected MPs have no backbone and the party whip system defeats true representation of the people as a voice in government.
This will be an issue in the next general election.
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