Tories Rebuff Gun Registry Supporters Canada’s Conservative government, standing by its campaign promise to end that country’s long-gun registry, rebuffed the appeal of factions from Quebec that asked to reverse course and maintain the federal program. The program, reports the National Post, has been plagued by cost overruns, and critics, who have called it a billion-dollar boondoggle, say its computerized files are riddled with errors. Despite the protest by women’s groups, anti-gun advocates and a representative of the Montreal police, Michael Fortier, public works minister, says Quebecers in general support the decision to end the long-gun registry.