From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #998 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Sender: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Errors-To: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Precedence: normal owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Cdn-Firearms Digest Sunday, November 3 2013 Volume 15 : Number 998 In this issue: Conservative Policy Convention in the news CSSA Presentation to United Nations by Tony Bernardo SMALL ARMS SURVEY: Parts for Small Arms and Light Weapons Treaty 3 Police Service: Firearms amnesty month RCMP ATI Act Response on Firearms Collectors - 92 pages First Media Coverage of Harper's Speech to Conservative ... Reviews and news from Conservative Convention Future of Conservative Party looks a little righter after ... LORNE GUNTER: Condescending BBC cools on global warming CSSA OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 11:47 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Conservative Policy Convention in the news Tory base questions Harper's credibility By David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief -Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:00:00 MDT PM http://www.highrivertimes.com/2013/10/31/tory-base-questions-harpers-credibility Tories gather under Senate scandal cloud BY MARK KENNEDY, POSTMEDIA NEWS NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/canada/Tories+gather+under+Senate+scandal+cloud/9111219/story.html Braid: Senate scandal crushes Harper's image of infallibility BY DON BRAID, CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 1, 2013 10:20 AM http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Senate+scandal+crushes+Harper+image+infallibility/9109819/story.html Senate audits cost over half a million dollars BY JESSICA MURPHY ,PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU - UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2013 12:49 PM EDT http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/01/senate-audits-cost-over-half-a-million-dollars John Ivison: Calgary convention gives Conservatives chance to face problems that don't involve the Senate John Ivison | 30/10/13 | Last Updated: 30/10/13 9:29 PM ET http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/10/30/john-ivison-calgary-convention-gives-conservatives-chance-to-face-problems-that-dont-involve-the-senate/ Experts reference Prime Minister's speech as make or break at National Convention Ian Campbell, November 1, 2013 9:20 am http://www.news1130.com/2013/11/01/experts-reference-prime-ministers-speech-as-make-or-break-at-national-convention/ Wall Street Journal: As Senate Scandal Weighs, Harper to Address Supporters Friday By Paul Vieira - November 1, 2013, 12:08 PM http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2013/11/01/as-senate-scandal-weighs-harper-to-address-supporters-friday/ Updated - Matt Gurney: Embattled Mike Duffy fights for every last contact lens Matt Gurney | 30/10/13 | Last Updated: 30/10/13 2:38 PM ET http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/10/30/matt-gurney-embattled-mike-duffy-fights-for-every-last-contact-lens/ Den Tandt: Stephen Harper's support will not be measured in Calgary BY MICHAEL DEN TANDT, CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Tandt+Stephen+Harper+support+will+measured+Calgary/9111302/story.html Live blog: Conservative Party convention in Calgary CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 1, 2013 9:01 AM http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Live+blog+Conservative+Party+convention+Calgary/9112514/story.html As thousands of Conservative party faithful gather in Calgary for their national convention, the Senate scandal continues to loom large over the party and its embattled leader. Postmedia's team of reporters and analysts will keep you up-to-the-moment on the latest developments from inside the convention and from the protests occurring on the streets around it. CBC - CONSERVATIVE Policy resolutions to watch: Gender selection, guns, union finances By Kady O'Malley, CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2013 8:20 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 30, 2013 8:20 PM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/policy-resolutions-to-watch-gender-selection-guns-union-finances-1.2288156 EXCERPT: Guns In the aftermath of the abolition of the long-despised gun registry, Portage-Lisgar puts forward for consideration a proposal to tweak the existing text to make it clear the party's goal is now to prevent the resurrection of the registry, while adding a line that confirms the Conservative government "recognizes the legitimacy of private ownership of firearms and will resist any domestic or international pressure to the contrary." (RGTC 2-02-190) A separate suggestion from Edmonton Spruce Grove would set out the party's belief in a "cautious approach to reclassifying firearms" while acknowledging that "the final decision... lies with the government." (RGTC 2-13-270) The Cambridge riding association goes even further with a pitch to rescind the current Firearms Act, "which makes ownership illegal except under specific conditions of permission," in favour of one that "recognizes the right to own firearms unless that right is removed through due process of law on an individual basis." The same resolution would also abolish the "prohibited" class for firearms, and restore restricted and non-restricted classes in its place. (RGTC 2-28-191) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 12:00 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: CSSA Presentation to United Nations by Tony Bernardo UN General Assembly Sixty-eighth Session - First Committee Action on all draft resolutions and decisions submitted under disarmament and international security agenda (items 89 to 107): https://papersmart.unmeetings.org/en/ga/first/68th-session/programme/ First Committee - 19th Meeting - October 29, 2013 https://papersmart.unmeetings.org/en/ga/first/68th-session/programme/19th-meeting/ Mr. Chairman, I am Tony Bernardo, of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association. We are Canada's principal shooting sports NGO, representing some 20,000 members who are lawful firearms owners and responsible Canadian citizens. Canada has been unwilling to sign the Arms Trade Treaty due to the potential harm it could inflict on our country's sovereignty through the amendment process. This is not detrimental to the rest of the world as Canada's current arms controls far exceed the UN standard. Some other Canadian NGOs, including Project Ploughshares, Amnesty Now and Oxfam Canada favour signing the ATT, but we suspect their interests are merely consistent with an ongoing agenda to eradicate private firearms ownership of any kind. Our association commends Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for having the foresight not to sign the ATT, and who is reflecting the views of our members and surely all Canadians who revere basic human rights. Canada has extensive real-life experience with anti-gun laws forged by a former government to hobble lawful firearms owners. The ATT is more of the same and would unnecessarily rein in responsible sports shooters and collectors without laying a glove on criminals. Canada's law books were co-opted with a Draconian mish-mash of bad legislation during the 1990s by groups that appear chillingly similar to those currently championing the ATT. There is proof that virtually all anti-gun legislation in several countries has been a public safety failure. The Canadian government is in the process of modifying and repealing some of these junk laws that do public safety more harm than good. We urge Canada to continue to refuse any notion that would force our country to adopt international legislation that could be detrimental to our lawful shooting sports industry and jeopardizes the personal freedom of all Canadians. The ATT does nothing to enhance the safety of those who need it most, yet it does serve to undermine the signatories' freedom to craft their own laws that would actually fight crime. In closing, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association urges Minister Baird to stay the course and refuse to support any treaty that only pretends to address international violence. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 12:48 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: SMALL ARMS SURVEY: Parts for Small Arms and Light Weapons From: Small Arms Survey [mailto: news@smallarmssurvey.org ] Sent: November-01-13 2:34 AM Subject: Parts for Small Arms and Light Weapons Numerous parts make up each small arm or light weapon, and the value of their global trade is worth at least USD 1.4 billion annually. These parts range from generic elements—like nuts, screws, and bolts that are also used in dozens of other products—to highly specialized, technologically sophisticated components, like sensors, designed specifically for a particular model. ‘Parts for Small Arms and Light Weapons’, a new Research Note by the Small Arms Survey, provides a brief overview of parts for small arms and light weapons, as well as the international trade in these parts. Transfers of parts account for approximately 16 per cent of the estimated USD 8.5 billion global trade in small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition. However, no countries routinely publish detailed, disaggregated, and comprehensive data on transfers of parts for all types of small arms and light weapons and their associated ammunition. Access to more and better data would help policymakers and the public to better understand this trade, and would help to curtail transfers that could result in diversion to unauthorized end users • Download Research Note 35, ‘Parts for Small Arms and Light Weapons’ www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/H-Research_Notes/SAS-Research-Note-35.pdf ________________________________________ For more information: • See also Research Note 26, ‘Accessories for Small Arms and Light Weapons’: www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/H-Research_Notes/SAS-Research-Note-26.pd • See also ‘Piece by Piece: Authorized Transfers of Parts and Accessories’, in Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets: www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-08-EN.pdf • More information on small arms and light weapons: www.smallarmssurvey.org/?products Follow the Small Arms Survey: • Facebook: www.facebook.com/SmallArmsSurvey (click 'Like') • twitter: www.twitter.com/SmallArmsSurvey • Podcasts: www.smallarmssurvey.org/podcasts NB Some readers have reported that their firewall blocks links from these messages. If you aren’t able to follow these links please copy the URL text and paste it directly into your browser. This message is also available online at: www.smallarmssurvey.org/?highlight-rn35 Small Arms Survey | Avenue Blanc 47 | Geneva, GE 1202, Switzerland ------------------------------ Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 2:19 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Treaty 3 Police Service: Firearms amnesty month Firearms amnesty month Written by Brenden Harris on Friday, 01 November 2013 http://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6933&Itemid=160 This month the Treaty 3 Police Service is offering residents a chance to turn in illegal, damaged or unregistered firearms. They're holding their gun amnesty program, which offers a cash incentive for people to turn in their firearms. Det. Const. Aaron Gennaille says they'll be holding firearm drop off events throughout the month. "We have several dates set. The first date will be November 5 from eleven in the morning to four at the Golden Eagle Casino in Rat Portage. We'll be set up in the parking lot. We have other dates chosen in the communities surrounding Kenora," he said. Gennaille says if the program goes well this year, they may expand the program in the future. "The program is conducted across Canada with great success and this is our first shot at it. I just want to see how it turns out and if we get a good turnout we'd like to see this continue with some training opportunities involved to be able to get community members trained and entitled to legally posses fire arms in the communities," he said. He says they're not sure how many firearms they may see during the campaign, but notes they all too often come across residents with illegal, or unregistered fire arms. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 3:19 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: RCMP ATI Act Response on Firearms Collectors - 92 pages ORIGINAL WORDING OF THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT REQUEST SENT TO THE RCMP ON APRIL 20, 2013 RCMP & CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE Details regarding the information being sought: Please provide a copies of the following documents: (1) the current application form being used for Firearms Collectors; (2) the policies regarding the handling of firearms collectors applications; (3) reports and correspondence showing the current number of firearms collectors in Canada; (4) for the period from January 2001 to the present, the number of firearms collector applications that have been received, approved and refused; (5) for the period January 2001 to present, the number of firearms collector licenses that have been revoked and the reasons for revocation; and, (6) draft Briefing Notes, Advice to the Minister, Question Period Notes, and Talking Points regarding firearms collectors. RCMP 92-PAGE RESPONSE - OCTOBER 24, 2013 https://nfa.ca/sites/default/files/RCMP%20ATI%20Response%20-%20Firearms%20Collectors%20-%2092%20pages%20-%20Oct%2024%2C%202013.pdf -------------------------------- NOTE: Special thanks to Sheldon Clare, President, Canada's National Firearms Association for posting these documents on the NFA website for the benefit of the entire firearms community. Read more Access to Information Act responses: http://nfa.ca/firearms-facts ------------------------------ Date: Fri, November 1, 2013 9:49 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: First Media Coverage of Harper's Speech to Conservative ... ...Convention Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls courts enemy of Senate reform Tory convention speech in Calgary comes on day when Harper's appointees to the Red Chamber brought fresh embarrassment. By: Tonda MacCharles Ottawa Bureau reporter, Published on Fri Nov 01 2013 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/01/prime_minister_stephen_harper_calls_courts_enemy_of_senate_reform.html Stephen Harper refuses to explain Senate scandal; goes on offensive BY MARK KENNEDY, POSTMEDIA NEWS NOVEMBER 1, 2013 8:43 PM http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/Stephen+Harper+refuses+explain+Senate+scandal+goes/9115045/story.html PM highlights successes, talks Senate scandal at party convention BY BRYN WEESE, QMI AGENCY - UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2013 11:12 PM EDT http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/01/pm-highlights-successes-talks-senate-scandal-at-party-convention Stephen Harper speech to Conservatives hits at embattled senators, Justin Trudeau and 'elites' Canadian Press | 01/11/13 9:07 PM ET http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/stephen-harper-speech-to-conservatives-hits-at-embattled-senators-justin-trudeau-and-elites/ Column: Harper shoots himself in the foot BY L. IAN MACDONALD, OTTAWA CITIZEN NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/Harper+shoots+himself+foot/9114109/story.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, November 2, 2013 11:11 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Reviews and news from Conservative Convention Andrew Coyne: Harper speech a parody of a parody of an empty cliché Andrew Coyne | 01/11/13 9:10 PM ET http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/andrew-coyne-harper-speech-a-parody-of-a-parody-of-an-empty-cliche/ Harper makes appeal to Quebec voters during convention speech STEVEN CHASE, CALGARY — The Globe and Mail - Last updated Saturday, Nov. 02 2013, 12:28 PM EDT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-makes-appeal-to-quebec-voters-during-convention-speech/article15232121/ John Ivison: Stephen Harper was both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in convention speech John Ivison | 01/11/13 8:30 PM ET http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/john-ivison-stephen-harper-was-both-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-in-convention-speech/ Conservatives may soon start to wonder if right guy went under the bus BY STEPHEN MAHER, POSTMEDIA NEWS NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.canada.com/life/Conservatives+soon+start+wonder+right+went+under/9114247/story.html Rex Murphy: Nigel Wright — Mr. Nice Guy Rex Murphy | 02/11/13 | Last Updated: 01/11/13 1:12 PM ET http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/11/02/rex-murphy-nigel-wright-mr-nice-guy/ Corbella: Delegates show wisdom lacking in the PMO BY LICIA CORBELLA, CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Corbella+Delegates+show+wisdom+lacking/9115252/story.html Braid: Harper could take cues from Klein on handling of Senate scandal Former premier found great success by admitting mistakes BY DON BRAID, CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 1, 2013 http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Braid+Harper+could+take+cues+from+Klein+handling+Senate+scandal/9115237/story.html Conservative delegates uneasy about Stephen Harper’s treatment of Nigel Wright during Senate crisis Jen Gerson | 01/11/13 | Last Updated: 01/11/13 7:15 PM ET http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/conservative-delegates-uneasy-about-stephen-harpers-treatment-of-nigel-wright-during-senate-crisis/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, November 3, 2013 11:49 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Future of Conservative Party looks a little righter after ... ...vote at Calgary convention Future of Conservative Party looks a little righter after vote at Calgary convention BY RICK BELL, QMI AGENCY - UPDATED: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 02, 2013 10:02 PM MDT 40 COMMENTS http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/02/future-of-conservative-party-looks-a-little-righter-after-vote-at-calgary-convention The Tory faithful must have eaten a breakfast Saturday with a lot of red meat on the plate. The delegates to the Tory gabfest finally vote, sometimes in statements and sometimes in actual policies, on where they want their party to stand. . No to a law legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide. . No to abortion where parents don't want a baby girl. . Yes to optional union membership.Union members allowed to opt out of those dues going to political activism. . Federal public worker pensions moving in line with the private sector. . People convicted of more than one serious crime serving their sentences one after the other rather than concurrently. . The feds resisting any domestic or international pressure to no longer recognize the legitimacy of gun ownership. . Distinct budgets for the radio and TV arms of the CBC should be set up. You get the flavour. Jason Kenney, Conservative cabinet minister who makes himself very available in this control-freak convention, says the party is just standing for "common-sense, mainstream conservative values." "Conservative values are Canadian values. Canadians don't think serious violent criminals should get volume discounts," he says. "They don't think law-abiding firearms owners should be treated like criminals. Like 92% of Canadians, they don't believe abortion should be used to discriminate against unborn baby girls prejudicially. I don't think Canadians want a big, huge, divisive national debate on euthanasia. We're about reflecting the mainstream values of Canadians and those mainstream values aren't reflected in Justin Trudeau's campaign to legalize drugs or Tom Mulcair's carbon tax. This room is way more in touch with the values of mainstream working Canadians than those guys who are more inspired by ideological fashions from the 1960s." Kenney says some folks will never be happy but he insists the party is a principled conservative one. READ THE REST: http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/02/future-of-conservative-party-looks-a-little-righter-after-vote-at-calgary-convention ------------------------------ Date: Sun, November 3, 2013 11:53 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: LORNE GUNTER: Condescending BBC cools on global warming Condescending BBC cools on global warming BY LORNE GUNTER ,QMI AGENCY - UPDATED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2013 12:32 PM EST http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/01/condescending-bbc-cools-on-global-warming If there were a webcam in Hades, I would imagine we could all tune to watch Satan shivering in the eternal lake of fire (which itself would have lost its inferno). Hell has frozen over. The BBC has reported it is "more likely than not" that the Earth is entering a period of intense cooling. Why is this so remarkable? Because as much as any news outlet in the world, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been a cheerleader for global warming alarmism for the past 15 years. No, that's the wrong analogy. Cheerleaders are largely appealing characters. The BBC has been more like an inquisitor, cruelly enforcing the alleged global warming consensus with a sadistic glee. The Brit equivalent of our own CBC, the Beeb has, if anything, been even more sneering, smug and condescending than Canada's Mother Corp toward those who dared question the "settled science" about climate change. The use of the word "deniers" to discredit global-warming skeptics - a word designed to smear doubters as the moral and intellectual equals of Holocaust deniers - appeared early and often at the BBC. Four years ago, when e-mails leaked from the world's top climate scientists showing them frantically trying to cover up the fact that the Earth had stopped warming in about 1998 (at exactly the same time the UN was imposing the Kyoto accord on the developed world to limit carbon emissions), the BBC jumped into full defence mode. It lauded the scientists who had been exposed. Rather than vain careerists who were fudging the data and endeavouring to keep their critics from being published in respected scientific journals, the Beeb portrayed them as brave knights attempting to slay the evil dragons of Big Oil and Big Carbon. They were not serial dissemblers. No, to the BBC these climate scientists were victims of a smear campaign designed to preserve profits and prevent the world's governments from taking much needed action to preserve our planet. They were treated with nearly as much saintly veneration as the CBC treats David Suzuki. How dare anyone doubt their veracity? So it was gobsmacking this week to see the BBC report on the work of scientist Mike Lockwood of Reading University in the U.K. READ THE REST: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/01/condescending-bbc-cools-on-global-warming ------------------------------ Date: Sun, November 3, 2013 1:28 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: CSSA OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER From: cssa-cila-e-news-bounces@lists.cssa-cila.org Sent: November-03-13 11:56 AM Subject: [CSSA-CILA E-News] TEAM CSSA E-NEWS - November 03, 2013 CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION TEAM CSSA E-NEWS - November 03, 2013 ** Please share this E-news with your friends ** COMMENTARY: A CSSA OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER Dear Prime Minister Harper: We hope you enjoyed the Conservative Party of Canada convention in Calgary, despite the many contentious issues that have surfaced in recent weeks. Any time a government’s integrity is called into question by the opposition parties, the media tend to exploit it and focus on the negative. We trust you can weather the storm and re-focus Canadians on what is important to our collective future. Given the constant barrage of negative media lately, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) has a few suggestions that could help the Conservatives succeed in the looming October 2015 election. While we appreciate there are many spinning plates that the party must carefully monitor, we see an important opportunity here to increase the party's national popularity. As you know, millions of gun owners in Canada continue to live in the shadow of unfair firearms laws written by the former Liberal government. Sport shooters are frequently subjected to criminal charges under the Firearms Act for non-threatening "paper crimes." A shrewd Liberal administration created Chief Firearms Offices (CFOs) that are neither political fish nor foul, since they don't appear answerable to any level of government. The CFOs make up half-baked rules designed to intimidate firearms owners with the hope they will abandon their heritage sports out of sheer frustration. Tabling and passing legislation that sends the CFOs out to pasture is sure to garner the respect and support of law-abiding firearms owners from coast to coast. Eliminating the UN Gun Marking scheme would also go a long way to capturing the firearms vote. The outrageous regulation was proposed to force all foreign firearms manufacturers to inscribe the year and country of destination on every gun coming into Canada. International manufacturers have noted they would simply remove Canada as a customer destination rather than comply. It would kill the multi-billion dollar annual sport shooting industry in Canada without preventing a single firearms crime. The entire exercise is moot, of course, since every firearm imported into Canada or manufactured here is already clearly etched with a unique serial number that identifies the firearm’s source and destination history. The elimination of the UN Gun Marking threat would restore a great deal of support within the Conservative family. Prime Minister, perhaps you can detect that the "frustration campaign" against gun owners is taking its toll. A Postmedia story on November 1 noted that more Canadians donated money to the Liberals than Conservatives during the last six months. While the CPC raised more money due to larger individual donations, the Liberals received 38,000 donations compared with 30,000 for the Conservatives. The news story even suggests this could reveal a "possible change in the political landscape." The CSSA has heard from thousands of firearms owners who have refused to donate to the CPC solely due to inaction on the gun file. The financial floodgates would soon open again if the CPC tables legislation that favours responsible gun ownership. Even though the firearms community is very grateful for the elimination of the long-gun registry, the disappointment since that time is palpable. The corrective measures that the Firearms Act so badly requires are poised to restore the faith of millions of gun owners, most of whom are politically motivated voters. There is no need to fear a backlash from the anti-firearms groups, as there is copious supporting evidence available to prove the laws we want scrapped have absolutely no public safety benefits. If the anti-gun groups object, the CPC can prove them wrong by citing solid, statistical-based facts. Firearms owners comprise a community of dedicated, safety-conscious Canadians who are committed to the heritage sports. If you show support for them, the CSSA predicts you and your government will reap the rewards in October 2015. As you know, the CSSA is in constant contact with the capable policy staff in PMO, Public Safety, and the House of Commons. We are always willing to discuss how securing the future of firearms owners will secure the CPC's future at the same time. Sincerely, The Canadian Shooting Sports Association ------- SUBSCRIBE TO READ THE REST: http://lists.cssa-cila.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cssa-cila-e-news COMMENTARY: SPEECH BY TONY BERNARDO AT THE UNITED NATIONS SIGN THE PETITION TO BRING BACK ONTARIO'S SPRING BEAR HUNT: BREAKTHROUGH – CBC RUNS POSITIVE STORY ON FIREARMS COURSES: CGI's INCOMPETENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES: CABELA'S TO OPEN NUMBER FIVE IN CANADA: INTERPOL ADVOCATES ARMING CIVILIANS: DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CSSA GUN DRAW: TO JOIN OR DONATE TO THE CSSA: ------ To subscribe to the CSSA-CILA E-NEWS, send email to: cssa-cila-e-news-subscribe@lists.cssa-cila.org or visit http://lists.cssa-cila.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cssa-cila-e-news . ------- CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION 116 Galaxy Blvd, Etobicoke ON M9W 4Y6 Phone 416-679-9959, Fax: 416-679-9910 Toll Free: 1-888-873-4339 E-Mail: info@cdnshootingsports.org Website www.cdnshootingsports.org ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #998 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator email: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)