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"Nova Scotia has joined the chorus of provinces calling on Ottawa to suspend its controversial, billion-dollar gun registration program.
'It's the prototype government foul-up,' Nova Scotia Justice Minister Jamie Muir said yesterday.
'From the information I have, and in talking to Nova Scotians, it just has not worked as it was intended.'
Muir, newly appointed to the justice portfolio, said he will be discussing this week with his deputy minister what approach the government will take.
Tony Rodgers, executive director of the 6,500-member Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, applauded the government's stance.
'I'm very pleased the province has decided to get into the discussion,' he said.
'I hope other provinces join in to press the (federal) government to get rid of this and put in something doable.' (HOW ABOUT NOTHING?)
Last week, the Ontario government called on Ottawa to suspend the program until the federal auditor general completes a review of the real costs to taxpayers and conducts a cost-benefit analysis.
Ontario said the real costs of the program could end up being significantly higher than the auditor general's current estimate of $1 billion by 2005." (NOT TO MENTION THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $100 MILLION)
Complete story at:
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-01-06-0021.html
'It's the prototype government foul-up,' Nova Scotia Justice Minister Jamie Muir said yesterday.
'From the information I have, and in talking to Nova Scotians, it just has not worked as it was intended.'
Muir, newly appointed to the justice portfolio, said he will be discussing this week with his deputy minister what approach the government will take.
Tony Rodgers, executive director of the 6,500-member Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, applauded the government's stance.
'I'm very pleased the province has decided to get into the discussion,' he said.
'I hope other provinces join in to press the (federal) government to get rid of this and put in something doable.' (HOW ABOUT NOTHING?)
Last week, the Ontario government called on Ottawa to suspend the program until the federal auditor general completes a review of the real costs to taxpayers and conducts a cost-benefit analysis.
Ontario said the real costs of the program could end up being significantly higher than the auditor general's current estimate of $1 billion by 2005." (NOT TO MENTION THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $100 MILLION)
Complete story at:
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-01-06-0021.html