Library of Parliament Question

April 8, 2008

The Library of Parliament has requested on behalf of a Member of Parliament information related to the Canadian Firearm Program which has been administered by the RCMP since May 2006.

Specifically, the Member is looking for the amounts of funding, by province, received by Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia under the contribution agreements for the most recent year and over the past five years.

The Member would like to receive the information in English.

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Response

Please see table below for the response to the above noted question:

FY 2003-04 2004-05
 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08(1)
Province          
Ontario 4,900,000 4,812,943 4,814,685 4,834,255 5,350,000
Quebec 8,600,000(3) 5,830,600 4,437,469 4,300,000(2) 5,100,000
New Brunswick 930,000 835,336 817,038 870,000(2) 925,000
Nova Scotia 800,000 700,481 770,000 860,000 910,000
PEI 200,000 185,047 149,177 186,886 220,000


(1) Planned budget amounts
(2) Estimated amount as final invoice not yet received.
(3) Amount includes the cost of the Quebec processing site which was consolidated with the Central Processing Site in Miramichi, NB, in 2004-05.