The federal public safety minister has fired off a rocket to RCMP
Commissioner Bob Paulson, ordering him to flag any efforts by provinces
to track long-gun sales.
In a letter
sent Tuesday to the top Mountie, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews
threatened unspecified “legislative and regulatory measures” against
defiant provincial firearms officers who engage in what he calls
“unauthorized data collection.”
Although the RCMP’s operations are supposed to be at arms-length from
the public safety minister’s office, Toews clearly instructs Paulson in
writing about what he expects of the RCMP.
The RCMP is in charge of administering the firearms program, which
includes gun-owner licensing and the collection of data on restricted
and prohibited weapons. It also maintains — until a Quebec court challenge is decided — the data previously collected under the defunct long-gun registry.
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