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During the 1993 federal election campaign, Progressive Conservative leader Kim Campbell infamously told a reporter that “an election is no time to discuss serious issues,” and she was castigated for it. Ironically, Campbell was being candid about how political parties treat elections. They do not want to take deep dives into complicated and important issues during a campaign period. They want to keep the subject matter short, basic, and feel-good in order to foster goodwill with voters. The electorate didn’t appreciate Campbell’s honesty and it was considered one of the worst campaign gaffes in Canadian electoral history. Voters often don’t like hard truths.
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First, a Liberal government introduced the gun registry in the 1990s. That was supposed to cost $2 million, but, by the time it was abolished in 2012, the tally was over $2
billion. Despite the heavy price tag, the gun registry was notoriously ineffective in limiting guns in the hands of criminals.
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The latest attempt at gun control, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new gun buyback law, will likely cost at least hundreds of millions more than expected, but won’t improve public safety.