WHY IS TREASURY BOARD HIDING

GUN REGISTRY COSTS FROM PARLIAMENT?

By Garry Breitkreuz, MP – January 12, 2004

 

NOVEMBER 27, 2003:  BREITKREUZ 1ST ATI REQUEST

For the period 1995 to present, please provide copies of reports showing how much time, effort and money has been spent directly and indirectly by Treasury Board helping with the planning, implementing, administering, reorganizing and funding of the Firearms Act and the Canadian Firearms Program.

 

December 31, 2003:  TREASURY BOARD “NO RECORDS” REPLY

Please be advised that after a thorough search through our files, no records related to your request exist within the Treasury Board Secretariat.

JANUARY 12, 2004:  COMPLAINT FILED WITH INFO COMMISSIONER

 

WHAT DID TREASURY BOARD DO WITH ALL THE RECORDS?

 

FEBRUARY 9, 2001:  TREASURY BOARD FIREARMS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES" BYPASSING PARLIAMENT

http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/Guncontrol29.htm

MAY 2, 2001:  TREASURY BOARD KEPT SECRET 33 FULL PAGES OF DOCUMENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 57 PARTIAL PAGES USING THE EXCUSE OF “CABINET CONFIDENCES”.

http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/Guncontrol39.htm

JUNE 5, 2001 - TREASURY BOARD DOCUMENTS REVEAL ERROR RATES OF 50% ON FIREARMS LICENCE APPLICATIONS

http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/Guncontrol43attach.htm

FEBRUARY 27, 2003:  AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTED THAT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO FOLLOW TREASURY BOARD’S APPROVAL PROCESSES

http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/guns77.htm

MARCH 17, 2003:  TESTIMONY OF THE HONOURABLE LUCIENNE ROBILLARD, PRESIDENT, TREASURY BOARD.BEFORE THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. 

WITNESSES: FROM THE TREASURY BOARD OF CANADA SECRETARIAT: JIM JUDD, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY BOARD AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CANADA; RICHARD NEVILLE, DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL, COMPTROLLERSHIP BRANCH.

The orders today are, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(e), consideration of chapter 10, “Department of Justice--Costs of Implementing the Canadian Firearms Program”, of the December 2002 report of the Auditor General of Canada.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/infocom/PubDocument.asp?DocumentID=756518&Language=E

 

DECEMBER 3, 2002 – AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT ON THE FIREARMS PROGRAM – REFERENCES TO TREASURY BOARD’S ROLE & PARTICIPATION

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/20021210ce.html

 

10.7 The Treasury Board Secretariat notes that the Department of Justice faced significant challenges in implementing a program of this magnitude and originality. It also notes that it was always understood that original estimates would be revised in response to the demands of program implementation.

 

10.23 The Department of Justice is responsible for the Canadian Firearms Program, including the Canadian Firearms Registration System project. In early 1996 the Department of Justice established a division called the Canadian Firearms Centre. The Department and the Treasury Board designated it the "single point of responsibility and accountability to implement the Canadian Firearms Program." The importance of this single point responsibility and accountability was emphasized in the 1997 Project Charter the Department provided to the Treasury Board Secretariat.

10.24 The Charter also stated that

The Canadian Firearms Centre, in its lead role, must provide centralized management and co-ordination for the Canadian Firearm Program as a whole. In this central management role, the Canadian Firearms Centre must

10.25 Furthermore, the Department told the Government in February 2001 that under the Firearms Act the Minister of Justice is politically and financially accountable for the administration of the Program. More recently, the Department's July 2002 Strategic Plan provided to the Treasury Board Secretariat stated that the Minister of Justice is responsible for the Firearms Act, is answerable to Parliament for any issues related to the Act, and is responsible for seeking Parliament's authority to spend public money for the purposes described in the Act.