Press conference tomorrow: Local coalition calls on Thunder Bay MPs John
Rafferty and Bruce Hyer to support the gun registry

THUNDER BAY, ON, Sept. 14 /CNW/ - A local coalition is calling on Thunder Bay MPs John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer to vote in favour of keeping the national long gun registry at a press conference scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday September 15 at 12 noon.

The coalition is made up of labour, the Thunder Bay Police Service, the Faye Peterson Transition House and the Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre, all of whom are urging the two MPs to preserve public safety and maintain the registry in the House of Commons vote scheduled for next week.

Press conference:

Wednesday, September 15 at 12 p.m.
979 Alloy Drive, Suite 100
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5Z8

Speaking at the press conference will be:

• CAW Local 229 President Kari Jefford
• Faye Peterson Transition House Thunder Bay Executive Director Debbie Zweep
• Thunder Bay Deputy Chief of Police J.P. Levesque

All coalition members have also signed onto a joint statement which will be distributed at the press conference.

For further information:

Kari Jefford at (cell) 807-627-0012