MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's major women's group says more needs to be done to combat violence against women and that includes saving the federal gun registry.
Alexa Conradi, president of the Federation des femmes du Quebec, says she wasn't surprised the Conservatives tabled a motion this month in Parliament to kill the registry.
But she says she was surprised at what she called a lack of political leadership by the NDP and Liberals in allowing the vote to proceed.
Conradi was in Montreal today to attend the announcement of activities at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal to mark the 20th anniversary of Marc Lepine's murderous rampage at the Universite de Montreal's engineering school.
Fourteen women were killed and many other students and staff were wounded in the slaughter at Ecole polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.
The Universite du Quebec a Montreal is planning several events including a symposium on violence against women as well as an art show.
