News and Commentary

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Fraser tables her report on the Canadian Firearms Program

Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser tabled her 2006 Report of the Auditor General of Canada. Of particular interest to Canadian firearms owners, is Chapter 4, Canadian Firearms Program. Fraser was critical of financial reporting practices, contracting practices, and alluded to possible simlar issues of contract payments for which no particular work was done. She added an additional report concerning the impact the Liberal government's decisions had on parliamentary control of public spending. The relevent report links for these, and the background 2002 Auditor's reports are posted in the Resource Library, Legislation/Government.