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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 891371" data-attributes="member: 25159">Wow, this has cost Canadian tax payers some big bucks.When Canada&#039;s auditor general tabled her December 2002 report, she set her sights on Ottawa&#039;s controversial gun registry program.Sheila Fraser blasted the federal government, run by the LIberals at the time, for exceeding its estimated budget, saying that by the time the smoke cleared and all gun owners and their guns were registered, the program would have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Opposition critics were quick to point out that figure is 500 times more than the original $2-million estimate. A look at internal audits conducted by the Canadian Firearms Program suggests the cost of the program has been an issue from the beginning.Here&#039;s a look at the key moments in the gun registry debate, and the rising costs over time.<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/10/06/friend-gun-registry.html" target="_blank">Implementing the Firearms Act - Canada - CBC News</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 891371, member: 25159"] [COLOR=#0000CD]Wow, this has cost Canadian tax payers some big bucks. [/COLOR][I]When Canada's auditor general tabled her December 2002 report, she set her sights on Ottawa's controversial gun registry program.[/I] [I]Sheila Fraser blasted the federal government, run by the LIberals at the time, for exceeding its estimated budget, saying that by the time the smoke cleared and all gun owners and their guns were registered, the program would have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Opposition critics were quick to point out that figure is [B]500 times more than the original $2-million estimate[/B]. A look at internal audits conducted by the Canadian Firearms Program suggests the cost of the program has been an issue from the beginning.[/I] [I] Here's a look at the key moments in the gun registry debate, and the rising costs over time. [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/10/06/friend-gun-registry.html]Implementing the Firearms Act - Canada - CBC News[/url][/I] [COLOR=#0000CD][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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