On Tuesday, Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government encouraged all Members of Parliament to stand up for law-abiding farmers, hunters and rural Canadians by voting in favour of the “Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act.”

The Harper Government has long-opposed the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry.

We’ve known all along that it needlessly and unfairly targets law-abiding Canadians while doing nothing to reduce crime or strengthen efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

Since it was first created, the long-gun registry has wasted taxpayer dollars. This money could have been better spent cracking down on real criminals, not law-abiding farmers and hunters.

Canadians gave the Harper Government a strong mandate to scrap the registry which is why we introduced this legislation.

The Harper Government will continue to take action to help make our streets and communities safer by getting tough on real criminals and not law-abiding farmers, hunters and rural Canadians. To learn more, visit www.scrappedtheregistry.ca.