Ravenwood - 12/01/03 06:40 AM
When Canada passed a law requiring all guns be registered, they estimated that it would cost about $2 Million. Last year, before the deadline for registration had even passed, officials admitted that the cost would reach $1 Billion by 2005. This year, officials have admitted that the cost will reach $1 Billion in 2004, a full year earlier than "expected".
Combining this with the fact that several provinces have said they will not prosecute those that refuse to register, I would say that the program's days are numbered.
Minor point: when the billion-dollar figure was reached, the group tallying costs was ordered to stop. The actual costs are unkown.
Posted by: John Anderson at December 3, 2003 11:01 AMLet me guess. It was a "cost saving" move.
Posted by: Ravenwood at December 3, 2003 12:45 PMActually, the program will never die -- until Canada gets a different government.
Liberals NEVER let money get in the way of ideology -- as long as it's THEIR program they're funding.
Posted by: Kim du Toit at December 5, 2003 3:12 AM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
