MPs get RCMP long-gun registry report

CBC News: Monday, August 30, 2010 | 5:00 PM ET

The federal government has given MPs on a parliamentary committee copies of an RCMP evaluation report on the long-gun registry that the Conservatives are trying to eliminate. The report, conducted with the help of outside auditors and completed six months ago, has been in the hands of the government since February and concludes the program is cost effective, efficient and an important tool for law enforcement and public safety. Opposition MPs on the House public safety committee accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government of trying to hide the contents of the report ahead of a critical vote next month on whether a Conservative backbencher's bill to repeal the registry should proceed.

Read the full RCMP report