Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 22, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba N 97 Winnipeg free May a9 pm tries to head off tory surge in Quebec will gun Law wound liberals reporter Norm Frankfurt Steps up to the firing Cocks his calibre Hicks off the safety and takes the trigger is squeezed and with an ear numbing Frankfurt semiautomatic handgun suddenly becomes a lethal Hole punch for the card Board target 10 metres for his gun is his his in his Hes no different than the Guys out Bowling or but Bill the liberals controversial gun registration has changed All Frankfurt wonders Why jus Tice minister Allan Rock is targeting him and not i dont have a problem with gun Frankfurt but Why Are they picking on Guys that Are using firearms responsibly even though the anti Bill c68 lobby has been he thinks its polling on the Issue seems to Back up Frankfurt according to Angus reids Survey gun control barely registers As an Issue with it tends to be More of an Issue with Rural voters than John a senior vice pres ident with Angus the Overall View is that half of the people think c68 is Pru Wright said gun control could Issue in various rid Ings As candidates look to use it As a springboard to a prime example is inky the Dauphin mayor turned Reform candidate in dauphins an River who has been taking aim at the liberals since Rock started talking gun Mark recently helped set up another Antigua control rally in Dauphin with posters that warned Bill c68 is not crime it is people control and you cannot afford to miss this meeting if you value your free in addition to both the tories and the nip Are on record As opposing Bill great Issue but even the tories and the nip Are wondering How Many votes their gun stand will win although they Hope it will wound Rural Liberal maps in Ridings like Brandon Souris and dauphins an As the liberals see gun control is a great Issue for them in Urban centres and even where its a they Hope dissent will end up splitting among the three parties opposing the of there Are plenty of those who like rocks gun con tool package which requires mandatory registration of All including Hunting rifles and Winnipeg police chief Dave Cassels has been a vocal sup Porter of the Law and has even taken shots at the Filmon government for challenging it in the and the Manitoba action com Mittee on the status of women is All behind the Law it thinks will help Stem Domestic Mau Ken Dunn jewellers Sale calf i Sale Sale i Vancouver Island retiring relocating need Lull f All me l Tammas Scott in in town May 20 thru 23 2611495 laser Eye laser s i o n davind0r Rehosia m d d a b o t r c suite 235 444 St Mui Yave Winnipeg Musil our r3c 37 9435153 fax v43 8558 to Dom Flum Glamis Charest s opposition to gun control branded ant family by Chretien by Dan Lett National reporter Montreal desperate to win additional seats in his Home prime minis Ter Jean Chretien trained his sights squarely on the tories yesterday after polls showed the party surging in que in Quebec for a Daylong tour of the Montreal Chretien wasted Little time in confirming that his Campaign had taken a dramatic turn away from the bloc quebecois in favor of a rapidly rising Jean in recent weeks polls have shown Cha rests popularity rising in Quebec especially among those who voted Liberal in the Liberal party continues to be More popular in Quebec than its Leader and the in another in a series of Brief dashes through the Chretien turned his Campaign spotlight away from National focusing instead on family Val the Liberal record of recruiting women candidates most Surpris gun in the Chretien attacked Cha rests stand on gun control accompanied by Montreal chief of police and Suzanne Mother of one of the 14 women slain in the massacre at Ecol poly Charest has pledged to repeal the Liberal gun control Bill and Stop plans for a National gun its a Posi Tion Chretien called anti women and against the wishes of Cana Das police an experienced commentator and in particular led the attack on warning him not to repeal the Law that she and so Many other victims of violence had lobbied so hard to the Charest Campaign appears to be picking up and nowhere More than in where the separatist bloc quebecois Campaign is stalling and support Public opinion polls show marked improvement for the while Charest is certainly stealing his fair share of Quebec he is also strongly supported by federalists by and Are the bread and butter of the Liberal base of support in que while it is unlikely Charest will steal seats from the he is in a Good position to snatch several swing seats from the bloc quebecois seats which Are coveted by the Liberal government desperate to gain the upper hand in Campaign insiders claimed the prime minister was anxious to expose Charest for what the liberals believe is a Campaign tailored to regional the liberals believe Charest is vulnerable on the Issue of gun control because Federal officials claim More than 80 per cent of que Beers Federal gun con tool for 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