Quebec against gun registry vote

The Partie Quebecois is protesting the expected passage of federal legislation to abolish the long gun registry. Leader Pauline Marois decided to start off the questions period in the national assembly in a different way. She read the names of the fourteen women gunned down at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989.

Marois wants a clarification from the provincial government as to how they’ll better ensure gun control in the province.

Public Safety Minister Robert Dutil says the province will file a lawsuit the moment the bill receives royal assent. They want to stop Quebec’s registry data from being destroyed.

The federal legislation calls for the destruction of all records gathered since the registry was created by the former Liberal government.