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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 2002
Page
2
Auditor General Sheila Fraser blasts the gun registry program for data gaps and Parliament being kept in the dark. She says costs now exceed 1 billion by 2004, with initial estimates far lower and information poorly presented by the Justice Department.
Auditor General Sheila Fraser traced the gun registry cost surge from 1995 estimates at 119 million offset by 117 million in fees to 1996 realism shortfalls, a 1998 estimate of 544 million, and by May 2000 a projected 1 billion. The timeline highlights escalating forecasts and funding gaps.
Auditor General Sheila Fraser flags rapid review gaps as Parliament remains uninformed about soaring costs in the gun control registry. The project faces potential overruns totaling about $1 billion by 2004, drawing scrutiny of accountability and fiscal planning amid Ottawa's oversight.
In a heated Commons report Fraser noted a 2001 RCMP review warning data gaps could allow licensed gun owners to commit violence. MPs Mark and Derkach criticized Bill C-68 as a political ploy, linking it to tourism threats and proposing a Fisheries Act amendment to protect sensitive lakes from netting.
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