ISSUES - Gun Control Information - 2001-2003
 
  • JANUARY 17, 2003 - PRIVACY COMMISSIONER'S UPDATE ON "INACCURATE RECORDS" IN FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE DATABASE . . . click here

  • Statistics Canada - Trends in Police Personnel and Expenditures, 1962-2003 . . . click here
  • SALES OF MIGRATORY BIRD PERMITS HIT ALL TIME LOW IN 2003 . . . click here
  • Statistics Canada: Total Victims of Robbery Incidents by Weapon Used and Level of Injury, 2002 . . . click here
  • Statistics Canada: Robberies by Type of Weapon Present, 2002 . . . click here
  • Authorizations to Transport Firearms Issued by Province, 2002 . . . click here 
  • 11,857 FEWER FIREARMS BUSINESSES SINCE 1979 . . . click here
  • GOVERNMENT'S NEWEST INCOMPLETE FORECASTS SHOW GUN REGISTRY WILL COST MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION BEFORE IT IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED By Garry Breitkreuz, MP - Updated: Febuary 25, 2005 . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
  • November 17, 2003 - TWELVE INACCURATE STATEMENTS IN THE JUSTICE MINISTER’S PERFORMANCE REPORT ON THE CANADIAN FIREARMS PROGRAM . . . click here
  • October 23, 2003 - STATISTICS CANADA: 69.9% OF CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS WITH FIREARMS INVOLVED HANDGUN . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • October 23, 2003 - STATISTICS CANADA: 2.2% of  209,472 CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS INVOLVED FIREARMS . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • October 23, 2003 - STATISTICS CANADA: RATE OF VIOLENT CRIME HAS MORE THAN QUADRUPLED SINCE 1962 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • November 6, 2003 - AUDITOR GENERAL TO WAIT 3 TO 4 YEARS TO DO VALUE-FOR-MONEY AUDIT OF GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • November 6, 2003 - JUSTICE COMMITTEE REFUSES TO AMEND FIREARMS ACT REGULATIONS . . . click here
  • November 7, 2003 - HOW MUCH WILL THE GUN REGISTRY COST?  DON'T ASK A LIBERAL! . . . click here
  • November 7, 2003 - THREE GUN REGISTRY QUESTIONS THE LIBERALS HOPED THEY WOULD NEVER BE ASKED . . . click here
  • November 3, 2003 - PRIVACY COMMISSIONER "DISAPPOINTED" IMPORTANT FIREARMS ISSUES REMAIN UNRESOLVED . . . click here
  • CANADIAN ALLIANCE INTERIM POLICY ON GUN CONTROL . . . click here
  • OCTOBER 30, 2003 - LETTER TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL: GOVERNMENT FAILS TO FOLLOW ITS OWN REGULATORY POLICY . . . click here
  • October 29, 2003 - SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DRAFT FIREARMS ACT REGULATIONS . . . click here
  • October 30, 2003 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE REPORT: Costs of Implementing the Canadian Firearms Program . . . click here
  • LIBERALS CONFIRM THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP . . . click here
  • October 23, 2003 - JUSTICE COMMITTEE REVIEW OF DRAFT FIREARMS ACT REGULATIONS . . . click here
  • October 23, 2003 - DEBATE OF BREITKREUZ MOTION TO CUT $10 MILLION FROM GUN REGISTRY BUDGET . . . click here
  • Library of Parliament - 2003 Amendments to the Firearms Regulations . . . click here
  • October 21, 2003 - Two Breitkreuz Motions passed by Justice Committee: FIP Database and Draft Firearms Regulations . . . click here
  • October 10, 2003 - COMPLIANCE COSTS OF FIREARMS REGISTRATION: PRELIMINARY INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATES – Library of Parliament . . . click here
  • October 9, 2003 - LIBERAL BILLION-DOLLAR GUN REGISTRY MISSES REAL TARGET . . . click here
  • HOMICIDES INVOLVING FIREARMS, 1974-2002 . . . click here
  • SPEAKER RULES EASTER DIDN'T MISLEAD THE HOUSE . . . click here
  • LOOK WHO GOT GUN REGISTRY GRANTS . . . click here
  • NINETEEN CONFIRMED BREACHES OF CPIC IN 2002 . . . click here
  • SPEAKER RULES CAUCHON DIDN'T MISLEAD THE HOUSE . . . click here
  • September 30, 2003 - EASTER CONTINUING "CULTURE OF SECRECY" . . . click here
  • BREITKREUZ INTRODUCES THREE MOTIONS TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE . . . click here
  • 10,679 PETITIONERS SUPPORT BREITKREUZ MOTION M-83 . . . click here
  • POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHEN THE LICENCED GUN OWNER ISN’T HOME? . . . click here
  • September 25, 2003 - EASTER GOT HIS FACTS WRONG AGAIN . . . click here
  • September 24, 2003 - BREITKREUZ'S QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE CHARGING EASTER WITH CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT . . . click here
  • RCMP: 250,305 FIREARMS IN THE GUN REGISTRY HAVE THE SAME SERIAL NUMBERS AS GUNS LISTED AS STOLEN IN CPIC.  THE RCMP HAVE PROVEN CONCLUSIVELY THAT THEY HAVE REGISTERED 4,438 STOLEN FIREARMS (SO FAR)! . . . click here(Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • SOME OF THE KEY PROBLEMS IN THE GUN REGISTRY MISSED BY THE CFC EVALUATION . . . click here
  • PROBLEMS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CANADIAN FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION – APRIL 2003 . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF GUNS STOLEN FROM OR LOST BY THE RCMP? . . . click here
  • EIGHT PROVINCES REFUSING TO PROSECUTE FIREARMS ACT OFFENCES . . . click here
  • LICENCING AND REGISTRATION/TRANSFERS STEADY STATE VOLUME ESTIMATES . . . click here
  • RESTRICTED AND PROHIBITED FIREARMS STILL TO BE RE-REGISTERED, BY PROVINCE . . . click here
  • CAUCHON IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT (AGAIN) . . . click here
  • RCMP STATISTICS ON LOST/STOLEN/RECOVERED FIREARMS . . . click here
  • HOW MANY GUN OWNERS HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE GUN REGISTRY? . . . click here
  • UPDATED GUN REGISTRATION STATISTICS AS OF JULY 5, 2003 . . . click here
  • FIREARMS REGISTRY VERIFIES 15,068 GUNS OVER PHONE (5.1 MILLION GUNS STILL NOT VERIFIED) . . . click here
  • DO THE LIBERALS EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BENEFITS OF GUN OWNERSHIP ARE? . . . click here
  • July 2, 2003 - PAUL MARTIN'S LETTER SUPPORTING THE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • ABORIGINAL GUN REGISTRY COURT CHALLENGES UPDATE - July 10, 2003 . . . click here
  • NAMES OF THE CHIEF FIREARMS OFFICERS IN CANADA . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERED TO INDIVIDUALS, BY PROVINCE AS OF MAY 26, 2003 . . . click here
  • WENDY CUKIER WANTS TO BAN MORE GUNS - LIBERALS AGREED . . . click here
  • LIBERALS UNABLE TO DEFEND THEIR CLAIMS ABOUT POLICE USE OF THE GUN REGISTRY SYSTEM . . . click here  Updated - March 3, 2004
  • WHY ALL INFORMATION IN THE GUN REGISTRY MUST BE "VERIFIED" AS ACCURATE! . . . click here
  • OLD REGISTRATION FORM ENVELOPES WILL NOT GET THROUGH TO GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • LIBERALS ON JUSTICE COMMITTEE VOTE DOWN BREITKREUZ MOTION TO EXAMINE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • JUNE 4, 2003 - BREITKREUZ CATCHES JUSTICE MINISTER BREAKING FIREARMS ACT (AGAIN) . . . click here
  • June 3, 2003 - Response to Q-227 - SOLICITOR GENERAL DOESN'T KNOW HOW MANY FIREARMS LICENCE REFERENCES WERE ACTUALLY CALLED! . . . click here
  • STATUS OF FIREARMS "VERIFIER NETWORK"  - Updated: May 30, 2003 . . . click here
  • WHY ARE FIREARMS PROGRAM DOCUMENTS A CABINET SECRET? ASKS INFORMATION
    COMMISSIONER . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF ACTIVE VERIFIERS AS OF MAY 30, 2003 = 3,056 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED AS OF APRIL 15, 2003 . . . click here
  • RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS MITIGATED THROUGH LICENCING - IT IS NOT A REGISTRATION ISSUE . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • ALLIANCE MOVES MOTION TO CUT $100 MILLION FROM GUN REGISTRY BUDGET . . . click here
  • FIREARMS LICENCES BY PROVINCES AS OF APRIL 12, 2003 . . . click here
  • FIREARMS LICENCE REFUSALS AND REVOCATIONS BY PROVINCE . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • PEI CITIZEN'S SURVEY SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR WAYNE EASTER, MP...click here
  • MAY 14, 2003 -- EASTER: NOT ALL REGISTERED FIREARMS REQUIRE VERIFICATION . . . click here
  • POLICE "ET AL" QUERIES OF CANADIAN FIREARMS REGISTRATION ON-LINE BY PROVINCE & INFORMATION REQUESTED . . . click here
  • COST OF COMPLIANCE FOR FIREARM OWNERS = GOV’T DOESN’T KNOW Documented as of: Updated May 26, 2003 . . . click here
  • WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT FIREARM LICENCE REFUSALS AND REVOCATION . . . click here
  • SPEAKER'S REPLY TO GARRY'S FEBRUARY QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE ON CAUCHON'S FAILURE TO TABLE 65-PAGE HESSION REPORT . . . click here
  • QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE-UNDERMINING THE SUPREMACY OF PARLIAMENT BY AMENDING THE FIREARMS ACT DEFINITION OF "FEDERAL MINISTER" BY ORDER IN COUNCIL . . . click here
  • CFC HAD ISSUED 813,822 "STICKERS" AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2002 . . . click here
  • CFC RECORDS SHOW 40,008 GUNS DESTROYED AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2002 . . . click here
  • FIREARMS CENTRE LOSES TRACK OF ANOTHER 24,600 GUN OWNERS? . . .click here
  • NUMBER OF SUICIDES PER YEAR INCREASED BY 480 BETWEEN 1991 AND 1999 . . .click here
  • CFC POLICY SAYS "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR OWNING AND CARRYING A FIREARM . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CODE INCIDENTS PER POLICE OFFICERS STILL MORE THAN DOUBLE 1962 RATE . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • WHY VOTE FOR LIBERALS IF THEY WON'T VOTE FOR YOU? . . . click here
  • WHY DO HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS DO NOT HAVE TO REPORT? . . .click here
  • BREITKREUZ ASKS GOVERNMENT FOR UNREPORTED GUN REGISTRY COSTS (AGAIN) . . .click here
  • GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RELEASE "MAJOR ADDITIONAL COSTS" IDENTIFIED BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL . . .click here
  • ALLIANCE MPS ASK LIBERALS TO FILL IN THE BLANKS IN GUN REGISTRY SPENDING FORECASTS . . . click here
  • GOVERNMENT ADMITS WHAT GUN REGISTRY HAS COST & WILL COST = $1,399,100,00 . . . click here
  • GOVERNMENT RELEASES FUTURE SPENDING PLANS FOR FIREARMS PROGRAM . . . click here
  • RCMP "8.4 TO 11 MILLION FIREARMS TO BE REGISTERED" . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • GOVERNMENT FAILS TO EXPLAIN WHERE MILLIONS OF GUNS WENT SINCE 1976 . . . click here
  • COMPLETE REGISTRATION STATISTICS AS OF FEBRUARY 12, 2003 . . . click here
  • MIGRATORY BIRD PERMITS FOR 2002 DROP TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER: 181,261 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • TWELVE THINGS ALL MPs SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VOTING TO PUMP ANOTHER $172 MILLION FOR THE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • LIBERAL MP ASKS JUSTICE MINISTER TO APOLOGIZE . . . click here
  • CAUCHON ACCUSED OF CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE THIRD TIME! . . . click here
  • IN 1976 THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ESTIMATED MORE THAN 10 MILLION GUNS IN CANADA . . .click here
  • CAUCHON'S EXPLAINS GUN REGISTRY COST ESTIMATES TO MEDIA - NOT TO PARLIAMENT! . .  click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • TOTAL VICTIMS OF ROBBERY INCIDENTS BY WEAPON USED AND LEVEL OF INJURY, 2001 . . .click here
  • ROBBERY BY TYPE OF WEAPON PRESENT, 2001 . . .click here
  • BREITKREUZ RESPONDS TO THE MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT . . . click here
  • JUSTICE MINISTER HAS DEPT PARLIAMENT IN THE DARK FOR THE LAST 11 WEEKS . . . click here
  • POINT OF ORDER - JUSTICE OFFICIALS CONTRADICTION FACTS IN SPEAKER'S RULING . . . click here
  • BREITKREUZ REQUESTS FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL GUN REGISTRY COSTS . . . click here
  • GARRY'S RESPONSE TO THE CANADIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION LETTER SUPPORTING BILL C-10A  . . . click here
  • KEEPING VIOLENT CRIME AND GUNS IN PERSPECTIVE - Revised: February 10, 2004 . . .click here
  • CAUCHON ACCUSED OF DISOBEYING PARLIAMENT BY ONE OF HIS OWN . . . click here
  • TOP TEN REASONS BY THE LIBERALS' GUN REGISTRY COST ESTIMATES ARE INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE. . . click here
  • PRIVACY COMMISSIONER'S ANNUAL REPORT - Gun registry documents found in dumpster . . . click here
  • BREITKREUZ'S REBUTTAL TO THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO ORDER PAPER QUESTIONS Q49, Q50, Q88, & Q89 . . . click here
  • BREITKREUZ'S RESPONSE TO CANADIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION . . . click here
  • AUDITOR GENERAL: GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THREE OR FOUR MORE YEARS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • PRIVACY COMMISSIONER'S LETTER ABOUT THE FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE DATABASE . . . Page #1 click here Page #2 click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
  • LIBERAL MATH JUST DOESN'T ADD UP MINISTER PULLED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL $72 MILLION; INITIAL BUDGET WAS $113.5 MILLION . . . click here
  • FIREARM REGISTRATION BACKLOG = 134,434 -- 37,865 REGISTRATIONS IN PROCESSING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR . . . click here
  • 35,142 FIREARMS LICENCES ISSUED BY “ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION” . . . click here
  • OLD FAC SYSTEM HAD A BETTER RATE OF FIREARM LICENCE REFUSALS THAN THE NEW BILLION-DOLLAR GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • RCMP AND JUSTICE HAVE LOST TRACK OF 11,801 OWNERS OF REGISTERED HANDGUNS . . . click here
  • FIREARMS LICENCES BY PROVINCE AS OF OCTOBER 19, 2002 . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2002  . . . click here
  • REAL POLICE PRIORITIES . . . click here
  • GUN REGISTRY “MEASURES OF SUCCESS”? . . . click here
  • IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR FIREARM OWNERS . . . click here
  • HEALTH DEPT. STILL HAS "NO RECORDS" TO SUPPORT MINISTER'S CLAIM . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF REGISTERED FIREARMS PROHIBITED BY BILL C-68 = 568,460 . . . click here
  • CANADIANS NEEDED AND WANTED MRIs. THE LIBERALS GAVE THEM A USELESS GUN REGISTRY! . . . click here
  • Aboriginal Militancy: Projections 1999 and Beyond . . . click here
  • Homicides involving Firearms, 1974-2001 . . . click here
  • Firearms Licence Refusals 1979-2000 . . . click here
  • WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT THE HANDGUN REGISTRATION SYSTEM . . . click here
  • CFC ADVERTISING COSTS 1995-2002 = $29,301,386 . . . click here
  • Sales of Hunting Licenses by Province  . . . click here
  • 3,235,647 Blank and Unknown Entries on Registration Certificates . . . click here
  • No Police Force Has The Manpower To Deal With It . . . click here
  • Private Company Sent Out CFC Notice . . . click here
  • Number of Guns Registered so far . . . click here 
  • COST OF PRIVATIZING THE GUN REGISTRY (SO FAR) $53,365,133 . . . click here
  • GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO BREITKREUZ’S ORDER PAPER QUESTION Q-149 . . . click here
  • RED-TAPE AND TAXES DRIVING HUNTERS OUT OF THEIR SPORT COMES A HUGE COST . . . click here
  • DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADMITS TO MAKING MORE MAJOR MISTAKES . . . click here
  • RCMP CAN’T BACK-UP THEIR STATEMENT THAT CPIC COMPUTERS HAVE NEVER BEEN HACKED:   THEY JUST DON’T COLLECT THE INFORMATION . . . click here
  • Liberals, Bloc Quebecois, and NDP Oppose Property Rights Motion . . . click here
  • TOTAL COST & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BILL C-68? . . . click here  
  • 300,000 "Unclaimed" Handguns in Old Handgun Registry . . . click here (requires Acrobat Reader)
  • Results of Early Registration Incentive Mailings . . . click here
  • 161.5 RCMP Personnel Working in the Gun Registry . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED WHO IS RIGHT – THE CANADIAN FIREARMS CENTRE OR THE RCMP? . . . click here
  • Firearms Licenses by Province as of November 2001 . . . click here (requires Acrobat Reader)
  • Trends in Police personnel and expenditures . . . click here
  • NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED – WHO IS RIGHT – THE FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER OR THE RCMP? . . . click here
  • Number of Guns and Gun Owners a Cabinet Secret? . . . click here  

  • Migratory Bird Permits Drop To An All-Time Low  . . . click here (requires Acrobat Reader)
  • SENATE CONFIRMS COSTS OF GUN REGISTRY AT $689 MILLION . . . click here
  • WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT SHOOTING RANGES . . . click here
  • Privacy Commissioner of Canada releases report of his Office's review of the Canadian Firearms Program . . . click here for the press release, click here for the full report
  • A reply from Sheila Fraser, Canada's Auditor General ... click here