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Anti-gun registry bill hits snag
Last Updated: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 8:31 PM ET
The Canadian Press
A Commons committee has voted not to proceed with a private member's bill to scrap the controversial long-gun registry.
Tory MP Candice Hoeppner's bill to eliminate the requirement to register non-restricted firearms has been given a thumbs down by Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois members of the committee.
However, it's not dead yet.
The committee's recommendation must still be put to a vote in the House of Commons, where MPs could choose to ignore the committee and pass the bill.
It passed at second reading in the Commons when eight Liberals and 12 New Democrats joined with the Conservatives in supporting it.
Since then, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has ordered all his MPs to oppose the bill, with the promise of eventual reforms to the registry should Liberals take power one day.
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