37^th Parliament, 1^st Session
(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)

Edited Hansard • Number 175

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

[Hansard – Page 10773]

Question No. 131--

M. Garry Breitkreuz:

    With regard to the Canadian Firearms Program: (a) what is the proposed budget allocation for fiscal year 2002-03; (b) what are the line-item cost projections for fiscal year 2002-03; (c) what are the cost projections by department and agency for 2002-03; (d) what is the total cost of the program since its inception in 1995; and (e) what is the projected annual cost for each of the next 10 years?

Mr. Paul Harold Macklin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.):

    (a) The Canadian Firearms Centre’s, CFC, proposed budget allocation for fiscal year 2002-03 is $113.5 million.

    (b) The CFC line item cost projections for 2002-03 are as follows:

    Vote 1--Operating Expenditures:$97.3 million

    Vote 5--Contributions:$10.4 million

    Statutory--Employee Benefits:$5.8 million

    (c) The cost projections by department and agency that will receive funding through the Canadian Firearms Centre in 2002-03 are as follows:

    Department of Justice--CFC:$109.5 million

    Solicitor General--RCMP:$3.0 million

    Canada Customs and Revenue Agency:$1.0 million

    (d) The total cost of the program since inception in 1995 is:

    From 1995-96 to 2000-01 the net cost of the program incurred by the Department of Justice--CFC is $484.1 million. This consists of $551.5 million in gross expenditures minus $23.1 million in C-17 expenditures minus $44.3 million in net revenue.

    As of March 31, 2002, period 12, the net cost of the program incurred by the Department of Justice--CFC for fiscal year 2001-02 is $88.6 million. This consists of $102.9 million in gross expenditures minus $14.3 million in revenue.

    (e) The projected annual costs for the next 10 years are as follows:

    i. For 2002-03 the net costs are projected to be $101.2 million (this consists of projected gross expenditures of $113.5 million minus $12.3 million in revenue);

    ii. For 2003-04 the net costs are projected to be $59.8 million (this consists of projected gross expenditures of $95.0 million minus $35.2 million in revenue);

    iii. For 2004-05 the net costs are projected to be $44.8 million (this consists of projected gross expenditures of $80.0 million minus $35.2 in revenue);

    iv. Funding has not yet been finalized for fiscal years 2005-06 through 2011-12, but is expected to continue to decrease.

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