FIREARMS FACTS - UPDATE

FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING FOR 2004-2005

$100,268,000 + INDIRECT COSTS

February 24, 2004

FBRUARY 24, 2004 - GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING FOR 2004-2005 = $100,268,000 + INDIRECT COSTS + PLUS COSTS THE LIBERALS REFUSE TO RELEASE!

Solicitor General (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) – See Page 1-26

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/20042005/002_e.pdf

THIS MOST RECENT ESTIMATE OF $100.2 MILLION FOR 2004-2005 IS $5.3 MILLION MORE THAN ESTIMATED ONE YEAR AGO.

Department of Justice Canada

2003-2004 Estimates - A Report on Plans and Priorities

Firearms Program - Planned Spending

2003 -04 - $113.1 million

2004-05 -  $94.9 million

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/20032004/Jus-Jus/Jus-Jusr34_e.asp#FirearmsProgram  

CFC REPORTS "INDIRECT COSTS" FOR 2003-2004 = $17 MILLION DOLLARS

OTTAWA CITIZEN - FEBRUARY 17, 2004 - In yet another startling chapter to the registry funding fiasco, a Canada Firearms Centre official disclosed yesterday the program is now expected to cost $133 million over the 12 months ending March 31. As of last October, when the government last released spending and performance reports for all departments, the program was still forecast to cost $113 million by the end of the fiscal year. The centre's direct cost for the registry and licensing program is now expected to be $116 million, with the additional $17 million in expenses coming in the form of indirect costs through other branches and departments, said Irene Arsenault. Ms. Arsenault disclosed the latest spending estimates while replying to a Radio-Canada report that the government has committed or spent a total of $2 billion for the program, double the $1 billion that Auditor General Sheila Fraser reported as the expected 10-year cost in her 2002 report to Parliament. Ms. Arsenault said the program's cost since 1995 totalled $814 million as of last March, meaning the cumulative cost by the end of this March will be $947 million.

SOURCE: Ottawa Citizen, "Gun registry another $20M over budget: Overruns come after government introduced changes to cut costs" - Page A3, February 17, 2004.

FIREARMS PROGRAM COSTS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR = HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

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