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Government of Canada Condemns the use of Long-Gun Registry Data for Polling Research
September 24, 2009 -- Ottawa -- Today, MP Rob Moore commented on reports that indicate that personal information on law-abiding gun owners was passed by the RCMP to a private polling company for research.
This use of long-gun owners' personal information was offensive and inappropriate.
Conservatives and law-abiding Canadians have consistently warned that the long-gun registry would be misused in this manner.
"Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals should offer an explanation of why they persist in defending such a wasteful registry that does nothing to address genuine crime," said MP Moore.
The Minister of Public Safety was not asked to approve the polling. The federal government would not have approved the polling and expressly disapproves of what occurred.
Consequently, the federal government is referring the matter to the Privacy Commissioner to determine whether law-abiding citizens' personal information was misused.
The Conservative Government remains committed to the repeal of the long-gun registry and hopes this incident convinces opposition MPs to stop blocking efforts to implement this repeal.
Rob Moore is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and the MP for Fundy Royal.
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William Spisso
Special Assistant - Communications
Office of Rob Moore, M.P. Fundy Royal
(613) 996-2316
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