Just SO typical of the most recent reign of boobery in Canadian politics...the Gun Registry that was supposed to be a crime fighting issue to begin with, was proven not to be anything of the such, and then became a boondoggle, was also another breeding ground for deception and lies.
Anyone missing the Libs these days?
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OTTAWA (CP) - The former Liberal government cooked the books on the much-maligned gun registry program, ignoring legal advice and hiding the true cost of the registry from Parliament, says the auditor general.
While the 10-year cost of the registry through the end of fiscal 2005 has been pegged at $946 million - just below an earlier $1 billion estimate - government officials went to great lengths to obscure the true annual tally, including spreading the accounting of past spending over the next 15 years.
"It is more than simply a disagreement between accountants," Fraser told a news conference, in reference to 2004 decision that hid almost $22 million in overspending by the Canadian Firearms Centre that year alone
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Fraser issued a separate 25-page special report on the registry, in addition to the 137-page main chapter, to detail the way senior government officials from several departments purposely hid the true costs from Parliament - and thus Canadian taxpayers.
No written records of key meetings were kept. And government officials refused to waive their client-solicitor privilege on conversations over the legality of the accounting decisions, denying Fraser key information.
"These officials also stated that legal advice should not determine the correct accounting treatment," says the report.
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Just unbeleivable.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/16052006/...try-costs.html