The shootings at Montreal's Dawson College in September 2006 reignited the controversy over the firearms registry. This paper is a timely effort to evaluate the effectiveness of the 1995 firearm legislation. In 1995, the government assumed that, by controlling the availability of firearms, the registry would reduce total criminal violence, not just gun violence, suicide and domestic abuse.

It is nearly impossible for an ordinary Canadian to have a clear idea how much tax they really pay. Most Canadians would have little difficulty determining how much income tax they pay.

There is considerable interest in having a backbone pipeline for carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ) built in Alberta-interest both on the part of major CO 2 emitters in the Athabasca oilsands region and of oil producers.