Truro—November 5, 2009 – Jim Hnatiuk, CHP Leader and Candidate in the Cumberland – Colchester – Musqoudoboit Valley by-election, demands that Scott Armstrong, Conservative candidate, retract his false statements made earlier today regarding the private member’s bill to abolish the long-gun registry.

Contrary to the claim in Mr. Armstrong’s misleading statement, this is not a government bill, but a private member’s bill… And he is not, as he claims, “the only candidate” who represents the people on this.

“Perhaps Mr. Armstrong forgets that I am the owner of Nova Scotia’s largest hunting and fishing store, and a hunter myself, having dealt first-hand with the insult of this issue for years. Firearm owners know they can count on me to take their concerns to Ottawa and fight for their rights,” said Mr. Hnatiuk.

“Those statements are deliberate falsehoods; the desperate claims of a campaign that is failing.

“It’s interesting that a Tory back-bencher has introduced this private member’s bill now, at this stage of this important by-election,” stated Mr. Hnatiuk, “after all, the Tory government has had five years to fulfill its long-standing promise on the long-gun registry. But there has been no action at all from the Conservatives. It’s only now, when the CHP’s campaign is leading in local polls, that something happens…And even now, they have handed the assignment to a back-bencher, with no support from the Cabinet.”

When Mr. Armstrong succumbs to the temptation to play with the truth this way during a campaign, it shows how likely he’d be to bow to party discipline on issue after issue if he went to Ottawa.

“I offer CCMV a clear, voice of integrity in Ottawa, not another echo of the ‘party line’,” concluded Mr. Hnatiuk.

To interview Jim Hnatiuk, call 902-259-3222.

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