FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE
WHAT
THE LIBERALS SAY THEY SPENT
ON THE GUN REGISTRY IN 2004-2005
STILL SECRET AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: ENFORCEMENT COSTS, COMPLIANCE COSTS, ECONOMIC COSTS & COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS!!!
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS CANADA, 2004-2005
http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/text/pub-acc-e.html
Volume
II
http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pdf/v2pa05-e.pdf
CANADIAN FIREARMS CENTRE
MINISTERIAL EXPENDITURES – Section 1, Page
| •
Personnel = $20,560,000 • Transportation & communication = $ 3,894,000 • Information = $ 353,000 • Professional Services = $47,775,000 • Rentals = $ 778,000 • Repair and Maintenance = $ 1,870,000 • Utilities & materials = $ 333,000 • Acquisition of Machinery = $ 810,000 • Transfer Payments = $12,562,000 • Other Subsidies = $ 3,864,000 TOTAL GROSS EXPENDITURES = $92,809,000 |
Volume III
http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pdf/v3pa05-e.pdf
PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIAL SERVICES – Section 4, Page 10
•
Accounting Services = $ 9,150 SUB-TOTAL: $47,744,697 |
ACQUISITION
OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – Section 6, Page 10
•
Communications Equipment = $ 10,987 SUB-TOTAL: $ 809,632 |
TRANSFER PAYMENTS – Section 7, Page
| • Transfers to Provinces & Territories = $12,451,465 |
| -
P.E.I. = $ 185,000 - N.S. = $ 700,000 - N.B. = $ 835,000 - Quebec = $5,831,000 - Ontario = $4,900,000 |
| • Transfers to Non-Profit Organizations = $ 110,661 | |
| SUB-TOTAL: $12,562,126 |
Volume II – Appendix 2 – Section 1, Page 83
Canada Firearms Centre
| • Contributions to Employee Benefit Plans = $3,688,000 |
Volume
II – Table 4b – Section 1, Page 33
MINISTERIAL REVENUES (i.e. TAXES PAID BY LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS!)
Canada Firearms Centre
| • Sales of a Regulatory Nature = $11,238,000 |