Nova Scotia MP Peter Stoffer will vote to maintain the controversial long-gun registry.

Mr. Stoffer, who represents the Halifax-area riding of Sackville-Eastern Shore had refused to say which way he would vote. In a lengthy statement Monday morning, he said he would break from his long-held position and vote to support the gun registry, even though he sees it as "a failure in principle and politics."

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