Considering that there is an actual Liberal party in Canada, it didn't need to be fixed.
Exactly.
For those not in the know:
For many decades the Liberal party was considered the 'natural governing party' by most Canadians.
When C-68 was introduced by the Liberal Majority Government in 1995 it:
-Made possession of a firearm a criminal offense unless you held a valid license which is only good for 5 years.
-Made possession of a firearm without a valid registration certificate a criminal offense.
-Enacted strict and draconian laws regarding storage of firearms and how they are transported, including requiring special 'authorization to transport' a handgun from point A to point B
-Enabled confiscation without compensation of firearms which were reclassified by bureaucrats without an act of parliament and confiscation without classification upon expiry of license.
-Only permitted to own handgun with 'valid reason' at CFO discretion. Self defense is not allowed as valid reason.
-Allowed 'unconstitutional' searches of the home without permission or warrant because either a)reason to believe 10 or more firearms are present or b)a single restricted firearm (handgun) is present.
-many more bad things
During the 1995 enactment of C-68, the Liberal Majority Government limited debate in Parliament and Senate to the absolute minimum and forced the bills through by having the majority of seat in both.
After great public outcry, marches on parliament hill, Public Safety Minister Alan Rock famously declared
THE DEBATE IS OVER! and the bill was passed.
Well, here we are 17 years later. Our new conservative majority government has rammed the new C-19 bill, repealment of the long gun registry, through parliament while limiting debate just like the Liberal Government did in 1995.
Looks like, Mr Rock, the debate was not quite over.
We have won a single victory here. Many parts of C68 are still intact. There's a long way to go!
As a point of interest, before C68 was enacted, the government estimated that there were over 21 million firearms in Canada by import records. This number does not include firearms made domestically such as those by Cooey, Colt, and Lakefield (savage now). That figure also doesn't include all those imported since 1995. At its height, the long gun registry only had a record of 7 million firearms.
That leaves, conservatively, 3/4 of the firearms in the country unregistered in a massive act of civil disobedience by true patriot Canadians against a bad law.
Now that the LGR is toast, those 21million firearms can finally come out of the closet.
