Government Says It’s Still Unable to Give Cost or Plan for Its Gun-Confiscation Fantasy

20 September 2024
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TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government said it’s unable to provide the cost, design or plan for its mass gun-confiscation fantasy after six years of work and $70 million spent on a crackdown that could waste billions.

Shelby Kramp-Neuman, a member of parliament with the Conservative Party, in May asked the Liberal Party-led administration 12 questions including:

  • How much the forced confiscations will cost
  • What date they will begin
  • How they will be executed
  • What proof exists to justify the crackdown
  • Why the Liberals ordered them by decree in May 2020 instead of passing through parliament

The Department of Public Safety, which is managing the attack against government-licensed firearm owners, responded this week with seven paragraphs of background and unrelated statistics.

Not Able to Provide Answers

“At this time, the Government is not able to provide additional answers as the questions being posed touch upon issues of Program design that are still being developed,” the Department of Public Safety concluded.

The Ottawa-based department submitted its response to Kramp-Neuman in the House of Commons on September 16.

See the full PDF below.

Why It Matters

  • The response confirms the Liberals have no idea how to execute their crackdown and overcome massive grassroots and institutional opposition, plus legislative and logistical obstacles.
  • They’ve designed it to fail by pushing their confiscation deadline until 30 October 2025, after the next election. Targeted gun owners expect the Conservatives will win and cancel the Liberal attack.
  • The confiscation fantasy already stands as a leading example of bad governance and policy for its authoritarianism, financial waste, and dangerous undermining of trust and safety.

$70 Million in Expenses Already

Separately, in a response to questions from Senator Don Plett, also a Conservative, the government said it has spent almost $70 million on the confiscation effort.

  • Department of Public Safety: $56.1 million
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police: $13.4 million

Plett published the information on his personal account on the X platform on September 17.

Context


Government Response to Kramp-Neuman (PDF)


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