I hope they can do it. Stockwell Day had this to say about the issue:

Our Government has made a commitment to repeal the long-gun registry and we are following through on our promise,” said Minister Day. “These legislative amendments will allow us to continue focusing on more effective measures to tackle crime and keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals. Our goal is to provide law enforcement with the tools and resources they need to combat gun violence and other serious crimes.” Entire Article Here.

Imagine what could have been done with the 1 BILLION dollars that was wasted to create this registry! It did nothing to solve gun crime. Check out this stat from this article,

There are nearly 7 million registered long-guns in Canada. Yet of 2,441 homicides recorded in Canada since mandatory long-gun registration was introduced in 2003, fewer than 2 percent (47) were committed with rifles and shotguns known to have been registered. (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics).

Don’t you feel safe?

I am trying to get a grip on the number of zeros there are in 1 billion.

Let’s see…. $1,000,000,000 = 9 Zeros

Now let’s divide that huge number by the average salary of an Ontario Police Officer (as seen on this site)

$1,000,000,000 divided by $51,000 = ~19,607 more police officers

Talk about crime fighting potential.