The apparent apology for Bill C-68 (the Firearms Act) in a scientific periodical1 requires comment.
The Canadian auditor general's report of Dec. 3, 2002,2 reported the needless waste of up to a billion dollars of public funds on the gun registry progam. These tax dollars could be much better used if they were directed to improving access to and quality of health care, both of which were promised to the Canadian public through the Canada Health Act of 1984.
I agree that citizens in a free society should attempt to obey the laws of the land. However, one has to go no further than the editorial pages of the Globe and Mail to read that “The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures” (the newspaper's motto). Many aspects of Bill C-68 are arbitrary. The only solution at this stage is to dismantle it.
J.M. Rosloski Physician St. Catherines, Ont.