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• Malcolm Allen - Member of Parliament, Welland [link]
• Niki Ashton - Member of Parliament, Churchill
• Dennis Bevington - Member of Parliament, Western Arctic
• Nathan Cullen - Member of Parliament, Skeena-Bulkley Valley
• Carol Hughes - Member of Parliament, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing [link]
• Bruce Hyer - Member of Parliament, Thunder Bay-Superior North
• Jim Maloway - Member of Parliament, Elmwood-Transcona
• John Rafferty - Member of Parliament, Thunder Bay-Rainy River
• Peter Stoffer - Member of Parliament, Sackville-Eastern Shore [link]
• Jack Layton - Leader of the New Democratic Party

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Your Message Dear NDP Member of Parliament, I am writing to urge you in the strongest possible way to vote with the rest of the NDP caucus to save Canada's long-gun registry. Your decision to vote against the rest of your caucus and with the Conservatives to kill the long-gun registry will inadvertently advance the ultra-right agenda in Canada. The Harper Conservatives are altering the fabric of Canadian society. They are swiftly dismantling equitable policies and programs that form the fundamental basis of this country. They're doing this through politics of division and you are playing right into their hands. The elimination of the Long Gun Registry is being touted as eliminating waste, but as you may already know, the results of the RCMP audit released on August 31 show that the Registry is not only an effective tool, but one that is useful. Last fall, the Conservatives witheld the 2008 Annual Report of the Commissioner of Firearms from parliament for more than 15 days, in violation of The Firearms Act. If you recall, Peter Van Loan conveniently tabled the report two days after the vote passed on Bill C-391. Are you really still supporting this kind of behaviour? There is no doubt amongst police, emergency room doctors, and workers at women's shelters that the long-gun registry saves lives. Facts don't lie - the rate of murders with rifles and shotguns dropped by more than 78% from 1991 to 2007 with the implementation of the registry. The number of police queries of the registry rose by almost 900,000 in 2008, to a record high of 3.4 million. As an elected MP, your job is to not simply represent the majority of your voters, it is also to represent the minority who need your support. As rural and Northern MP's, I ask you to think of the safety of Aboriginal women and youth, because rifles and shotguns are the guns most often used in domestic violence homicides and teen suicides. This is the time for you stand united with your party and your leader Jack Layton on principles of public safety for all Canadians. To do otherwise hands the Conservatives one of their greatest victories to date. Convenience for a few of your constituents should not trump public safety for the majority of Canadians.
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