Concerning the costs and revenues of the Canadian Firearms Program: ( a ) what was the original budget allocation for the Canadian Firearms Program at the start of fiscal year 2000-01; ( b ) what were the dates and the total amounts of the submissions made to Treasury Board for additional funds for fiscal year 2000-01; ( c ) what is the explanation of the discrepancy between the justice department year-end financial statements showing total spending on the Canadian Firearms Program for 2000-01 of $200,394,023 less revenues of $34,969,459 for total net expenditures of $165,424,564 and the fact that these expenditures do not fully account for the $206,281,919 allocated to the Canadian Firearms Program in 2000-01 through the Governor General Special Warrants and through the supplementary estimates (A) and (B); and ( d ) what impact will the early registration incentive program have on the government's promise that user fees would cover the entire cost of the program?
In the House of Commons on December 10th, 2001. See this statement in context.