With regard to the e-mail sent to all Members of Parliament on December 6, 2004, by the Honourable Roy Cullen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, in which he stated: “So far in 2004, the Canada Firearms Centre (CAFC) has already produced more than 1100 affidavits to support the prosecution of firearms related crime. A further 1152 affidavits were prepared in 2003 building on 381 affidavits produced in 2002.”: ( a ) how many and what types of “firearms related crimes” were being investigated that prompted the need for these affidavits to be requested and issued; ( b ) how many individuals were charged, what charges were laid and how many convictions were obtained as a direct result of these affidavits; ( c ) what other Criminal Code offences were these persons charged with in addition to their “firearms related crimes”; and ( d ) how many people were charged just because they had failed to obtain the proper licence or registration certificates required by the Firearms Act and not because they had committed any violent crime?
In the House of Commons on April 4th, 2005. See this statement in context.