Madam Chair, the federal government departments and agencies report the costs to Parliament they incur. Within accounting systems, you don't record costs that others incur. So it is normal practice and, I think, standard accepted practice. In fact the Firearms Centre is reporting the costs incurred by other departments, for example, the RCMP, as part of the costs. But costs incurred by organizations outside the federal government, be they provincial police forces or the RCMP on contract to provinces, are not included in those costs and would generally only be considered when there is an overall evaluation of the program.
On May 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.