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On Friday, a divided Supreme Court ruled the federal government could destroy the last of the data once contained in the now-defunct federal long-gun registry. The registry, which was abolished by act of Parliament in 2012, tracked which licenced Canadians possessed which duly registered non-restricted firearms (typically, unremarkable shotguns and rifles). After the registry was scrapped, almost all those records were swiftly deleted. The data relating to guns owned by Quebecers, however, was preserved by a court order, while the courts considered the province’s claim that it had a legal right to the data — to be used, it said, as the basis of its own provincial long-gun registry. http://bit.ly/1a45bZr http://bit.ly/1a45bZr+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]