Mr. Speaker, the federal government's gun registry has cost more than $1 billion so far. Many Canadians feel this money has been simply wasted. As $1 billion is a lot of money, let us look at it in context.
In Newfoundland and Labrador approximately 190,000 households pay an average of $8,400 a year in income tax. That means that the $1 billion wasted so far on the gun registry is enough to completely eliminate the yearly income tax burden from 125,000 average households. Put another way, the government has taken the yearly income tax payments from 125,000 families and completely wasted the money.
Given the choice of a gun registry or 125,000 tax-free families, I have no doubt what my constituents would choose.