Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:05:18 -0600
From: Al Dorans <aldorans@magma.ca>
Subject: CILA Make Annie Fix It Campaign (Email Additions)
CILA
Defending Canada's Heritage
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August 10, 1999

CILA's Make Annie Fix It Campaign

Rationale

According to the NFA's Peter Kearns, in the real world thousands of Canadians have been waiting months for service, spending hours on hold or being bounced from one bureaucrat to the next. Gun owners have been treated rudely by supposedly "civil servants" when calls are finally answered. They have been denied the opportunity to purchase private property in support of their hobbies. Gun owners have been told to violate the criminal code in order to cover up the government's mistakes. If that is not bad enough, they are forced to pay fees and taxes for this shoddy treatment. The Department of Justice is an out of control bureaucratic nightmare. Approximately 5,000 firearms dealers have suffered a dramatic drop in sales and have been driven out of business. This will have a serious trickle-down effect on the Canadian economy. In Ontario Out-of Doors (August, 1999), McLellan characterized the system's start up problems as minor. What do you think?

It is high time to make Anne McLellan personally aware of each example of bureaucratic bungling in her department. It is time to hold her personally responsible for correcting each and every injustice. This should be accomplished to the full satisfaction of the people who are paying her salary and the salaries and expenses of all the people in her department and the Canadian Firearms Registry. Complain now and make a difference.

CILA Make Annie Fix It Campaign

The Canadian Institute for Legislative Action announces the development of the CILA Make Annie Fix It Campaign. This program provides a systematic procedure for filing grievances on the gun registry and Bill C-68, to key politicians and civil servants.

Objectives

The objectives of the campaign are:

1. To inform the Justice Minister, politicians and Department of Justice bureaucrats of the daily disasters unfolding in Canada's defective gun registration system.
2. To protect the hunting heritage, recreational lifestyles, democratic freedoms and private property of all Canadians.
3. To mobilize Canada's 7 million gun owners to repeal and replace Bill C-68 by filing legitimate complaints with key politicians and civil servants.

Implementation Procedures (Checklist)

To assist your efforts, detailed addresses for key personnel have been provided below.

Step #1: Send a letter of your complaint to the Justice Minister.

Step #2: Send a copy of your letter to your own MP.

Step #3: Send a copy of your letter to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Step #4: Keep following up with the Justice Minister's office and your MP, until you receive a written reply.

Step #5: If they do not answer your questions or address your concerns properly, return to Step #1

Key Personnel to Contact

Reform MP: If you file a complaint regarding Bill C-68 and the gun registry, send a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, Reform MP.

Mr. Garry Breitkreuz
Reform MP, Yorkton-Melville
Room 252, Wellington Building
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Phone: (613) 992-4394
Email: breitkreuzg@reform.ca

Department of Justice: If you have a complaint about the Department of Justice, Bill C-68 or the gun registry, send a letter to Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice, with a copy to your MP and a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Hon. Anne McLellan
Minister of Justice
284 Wellington Street,
Justice Building, 4th Floor
Ottawa Ontario K1A 0H8
Phone: (613) 992-4524 Fax: (613) 990-7255
email: mailto:mclellan.a@parl.gc.ca

Auditor General: If you have a concern about the costs of the gun registry, send a letter to Denis Desautels, Auditor General of Canada, with a copy to your own MP and a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Mr. Denis Desautels
Auditor General of Canada
240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G6
Phone: (613) 995-3708 Fax: (613) 957-4023
email: ag-reports@oag-bvg.gc.ca Website: http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca

Privacy Commissioner: If you have a concern about your right to privacy, send a letter to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada with a copy to your own MP and a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Mr. Bruce Phillips
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
112 Kent Street, Suite 100, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H3
Phone:1-800-267-0441 Fax: (613) 947-6850
email: mai@magi.com Website: http://www.priv.com.gc.ca

Information Commissioner: If the government is refusing to provide you with information, send a letter to the Information Commissioner of Canada with a copy to your own MP and a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Mr. John Reid
Information Commissioner of Canada
112 Kent Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H3
Phone: (613) 995-2410 Fax: (613) 995-1501
email: accessca@infoweb.magi.com (For information; not complaints)
http://www.privcom.gc.ca

Commissioner of the RCMP: If you have a complaint about the RCMP, send a letter to the Commissioner of the RCMP with a copy to your MP and a copy to Garry Breitkreuz, MP.

Mr. Philip Murray
Commissioner of the RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1200 Vanier Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2
Phone: (613) 993-0401 Fax: (613) 993-0309
No e-mail address but you can send comments by using:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/mail.htm

RCMP Public Complaints Commission
P.O. Box 3423, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L4
Phone: 1-800-267-6637 or (613) 952-1471 email: sitecanadasite@pwgsc.gc.ca

Professor Al Dorans,
Director of Operations, CILA
Canadian Institute for Legislative Action / Institut Canadien pour l'Action
Législative

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Ph: (613) 828-8805 Fax: (613) 828-6967 email: aldorans@magma.ca

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