These comments are direct quotations from the Hansard
documents.
Cost of Registry Wanted
Mr. Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville,
Canadian Alliance): Mr. Speaker, it has been nine months since the
Auditor General blew the whistle on the billion dollar gun registry. The
minister promised that he would be more open and transparent and that he
would provide a full accounting of the costs, but he has done neither.
I ask the minister who is in charge of this mess for the umpteenth time:
How much will it cost to fully implement the gun registry and how much
will it cost to maintain it?
Mrs. Marlene Jennings (Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General
of Canada, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House we are very
pleased to say that the gun registry has been working really well.
The Canadian Firearms Centre has met the standards that it set for
processing licence applications in 45 days and registration applications
in 30 days. The Internet registration, which is free of charge, has had a
major uptake by Canadians.
I think we can safely say that it is working and that Canadians support
it.
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