STILL WAITING FOR PCO TO RELEASE BILL C-68 CABINET SECRETS
WHAT’S THE HOLD-UP? PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE HAS HAD MORE THAN A YEAR TO PROVIDE BILL C-68 CABINET DOCUMENTS By Dennis R. Young – August 24, 2018
TOXIC TRUTH: HOW MISINFORMATION IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BAN LEAD TACKLE
TOXIC TRUTH: HOW MISINFORMATION IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BAN LEAD TACKLE – The federal government claims that 460 tonnes of led sinkers are lost every year. The quantum leap of logic here assumes every lead sinker bought by anglers is lost that same season and eaten by an unsuspecting loon. This tonnage figure also includes five- to ten-pound downrigger balls used for deep sea trolling. Just how big are these loons? By Phil Morlock, Chair of the Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association Government Affairs Committee. OUTDOOR CANADA HUNTING SPECIAL 2018 – Page 26 www.outdoorcanada.ca
THE LIBERALS ARE PLAYING DISHONEST GAMES WITH STATS TO CRACK DOWN ON LEGAL GUN OWNERS
While the Liberal party sees gun control as a possible ‘wedge’ issue, StatsCan simply has no evidence to support their claims By Gary Mauser and Vincent Harinam, National Post- August 17, 2018 – Gary Mauser is professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. Vincent Harinam is an incoming Ph.D. student at Cambridge University. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-liberals-are-playing-dishonest-games-with-stats-to-crack-down-on-legal-gun-owners
GLOBE EDITORIAL: FOR AN INFORMED DEBATE ON GUN POLICY, CANADA NEEDS MORE DATA
GLOBE EDITORIAL: FOR AN INFORMED DEBATE ON GUN POLICY, CANADA NEEDS MORE DATA EXCERPT: Before proposing new policy solutions to gun violence, the federal government would do well to place some priority on collecting data that elucidates the problem. Moving beyond the usual, hot-button gun debates between firearms owners and control advocates, and building national consensus on any regulatory changes, would be helped by all concerned operating from a common set of facts. Globe and Mail August 14, 2018 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-globe-editorial-for-an-informed-debate-on-gun-policy-canada-needs/
CBC ‘CRIIME GUN’ ANALYSIS WITH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH LINKS – Additional supporting documentation for CBCs Evan Dyer’s: Canada can’t say where its crime guns are coming from – Additional URL Links added by Dennis R. Young – August 13, 2018 https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/08/13/cbc-crime-gun-analysis-additional-research-links/
CBC ‘CRIME GUN’ ANALYSIS WITH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH LINKS
Additional supporting documentation for CBCs Evan Dyer’s: Canada can’t say where its crime guns are coming from
Additional URL Links added by Dennis R. Young – August 13, 2018
DIGGING DEEPER TO VERIFY RCMP SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS
DIGGING DEEPER TO VERIFY RCMP SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS: Please provide a breakdown of the number of RCMP seized firearms that were recorded as “Seized – Criminal Investigation” by the type of criminal investigation indicating whether the investigation was related to: (1) a violent crime, (2) a non-violent crime, (3) a property crime, or (4) an administrative paper crime. Access to Information request to RCMP by Dennis R. Young – August 12, 2018
