August
2, 2001
- "On Thursday, April 22, 1999, Prime Minister Jean Chretien was quoted
in the National Post: “I’ve always been committed to gun control," he
said. “Even with gun control we
might have some problems, we’ve seen that here in Ottawa…But at least with
less guns available you have less chance of seeing tragedies like that.” Given that the Prime Minister’s publicly stated objective
of the government’s gun control program is to make “less guns available”
please provide copies of records documenting the government’s short-term and
long-term projections for the number of guns and gun owners in Canada."
January
17, 2002
- "We are now in the position to confirm our position regarding the
treatment under the Act of that the three outstanding pages (17, 38 and 56)
related to the 118 pages that are responsive to your request.
They are excluded from disclosure pursuant to section 69(1)(g) re (a)
& (c) [confidences of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada] of the Act."
BREITKREUZ
COMPLAINT TO THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
January
17, 2002
- "Please find attached a copy of my original request dated August 2,
2001 and the Justice Department’s 115-page response dated January 9, 2002. You
will note that the department has not provided any documents with respect to the
“long-term projections of the number of guns and gun owners in Canada” as we
specifically requested. The Prime
Minister of Canada has specifically stated that the goal of the program is to
reduce the number of firearms. It
is inconceivable that department has not responded to the Prime Minister’s
clearly stated policy objective with documentation showing how his goal will be
achieved and the results expected year-by-year for the next ten or fifteen
years. The Prime Minister would
also expect the department to produce documents showing the correlation between
the projected reduction in the number of firearms and the impact this will have
on firearms crime."