From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V6 #205 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Thursday, June 26 2003 Volume 06 : Number 205 In this issue: Gun boss spent $200G in travel Ex-gun registry head had costly 'commute' Must address registry now Canada-U.S customs merger seen as a borderline possibility Re: B.C. solicitor-general slams feds for wasting money on gun registry NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERED TO INDIVIDUALS = 422,821 Court Strikes Down NY Lawsuit Against Gun Industry TORONTO SUN - $200G road trips: MP blasts bureaucrat's spending on airfares, taxis [Fwd: RE: Change of salutation on Web Page] Comparing the Government's figures on Firearms Transfers My letter to several newspapers LUFA: Press Release - Operation Overload 2 Shifty Liberals Attorney General British Columbia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:45:09 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Gun boss spent $200G in travel http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-06-26-0008.html >From Ottawa Sun Thursday, June 26, 2003 Gun boss spent $200G in travel Commuting costs outrage MP By KATHLEEN HARRIS, SUN OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA -- A Canadian Alliance MP is outraged by a $200,000 tab for "commuting" to Edmonton racked up by the former boss of the Canadian Firearms Centre. Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz released documents yesterday that show ex-CFC CEO Gary Webster made 56 round trips from Edmonton to Ottawa in a two-year period. Comparing the arrangement to former privacy commissioner George Radwanski's high-flying habits, Breitkreuz suggested Webster was commuting from his home to the capital under a special arrangement signed off by Justice Minister Martin Cauchon. "When they hired him, I presume the agreement was that he (Cauchon) would fly him back and forth to Ottawa," he said. "I think that's very poor use of taxpayers' funds." The detailed expense accounts, released under the Access to Information Act, show Webster spent $168,866 on airfare, $23,923 in hotels, $9,990 in meals and $6,569 in taxis, mileage and car rentals. But David Austin, a spokesman for the Canadian Firearms Centre, said the plan at the time was to move the centre's headquarters to Edmonton. Webster, who had worked as deputy CEO and chief firearms officer for the northwest region before he was appointed CEO in 2001, was always based in that city and travelled to Ottawa during the "transition" for meetings with justice, privacy, auditor general and Treasury Board officials. The decision to move the headquarters from Ottawa was eventually reversed in February this year, said Austin, who summed up Breitkreuz's claims as "poor research" and "taking things out of context." "All the travel was within the Treasury Board guidelines," he said. Mike Murphy, a spokesman for Cauchon, also refuted Breitkreuz's suggestion that Webster received any special agreement to shuttle to Ottawa after he took the job. "There was no special arrangement," he said. "This was a hard-working civil servant doing his job. He was based in Edmonton and as part of his duties he travelled to Ottawa on a regular basis." But Breitkreuz dismissed it as a "creative explanation" cobbled to save face in the embarrassing wake of the Radwanski scandal. "There were 56 trips in two years. I think I'll let the public decide on the veracity of that claim. MPs don't travel that often," he said. Breitkreuz said he decided to look into Webster's travel after he was "tipped off" by people concerned about the frequent trips. Even if there was no special arrangement, Webster could have trimmed his travel expenses by conducting business through telephone or e-mail correspondence, he said. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:45:37 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Ex-gun registry head had costly 'commute' http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/06/26/119707.html >From CP (London Free Press Ex-gun registry head had costly 'commute' CP 2003-06-26 03:36:49 OTTAWA -- The former federal gun registry boss lived only a hop, skip and a plane ride through two time zones away from Ottawa, where his job required him to attend frequent meetings at a cost to taxpayers of $205,000. The Canadian Alliance pounced on the information yesterday, calling it the latest example of government waste in a week marked by allegations of exorbitant spending. Taxpayers funded 56 trips to Ottawa from Gary Webster's home in Edmonton, say documents obtained by the Alliance through the Access to Information Act. Webster continued living in Edmonton while he was chief officer of the Canadian Firearms Centre from July 2001 until February of this year. He had to travel to Ottawa for meetings about twice a month, spending a total of about six days a month in the capital. Government officials dismissed suggestions that taxpayers funded a 3,600-kilometre commute. "To suggest that he was commuting back and forth to Ottawa is wrong," said David Austin, a spokesperson for the firearms centre. "The plan was the headquarters was going to join him in Edmonton. In fact, some people had even moved to Edmonton." But the move from Ottawa was scrapped under measures intended to stem massive cost overruns at the gun control program. The auditor general last year slammed the gun control program, which was supposed to cost just $2 million net but had ballooned to about $1 billion. Responsibility for the gun registry has since been transferred from the Justice Department to the solicitor general's office. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:56:12 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Must address registry now http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=36012&catname=Local+News >From Pembroke Daily Observer Must address registry now Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 19:00 Local News - There are huge gaps in Canada’s National Sex Offender Registry Act, and they must be filled immediately. In the meantime our young children are being kidnapped, sexually assaulted, terrified, injured and killed, while our politicians argue over amendments to the law, and blow hot air in the halls of power. The Registry, as it stands now, is designed to help police quickly locate known sex offenders, when an assault occurs or a child has disappeared, but it is not official at the moment. Covered under Bill C-23, it has not been accepted in its final form. Critics claim it should apply to those already behind bars and sex offenders who have recently been released after serving jail time. Provincial politicians and public service groups have called upon Ottawa to strengthen the Registry Act. They want the Act to be retroactive and include updated photos of offenders. Some of the huge amounts of money directed toward useless legislation like the Gun Control Act and expenses in the Privacy Commission’s office, could go a long way in protecting our children, something we are just not doing under existing legislation. And speaking of hot air, this is what a spokesman for the federal justice department had to say about the delay in passing amendments: “We have to make sure the legislation is adequate in due process, in judicial discretion and is a balanced, proportional response to the issue.” Sure, and while we listen to this bureaucratic malarkey, little 10-year-old girls in Toronto are being kidnapped and killed. Sick, remorseless predators are out there, and not just in our major cities. In Kingston recently a teacher was fired by the local school board for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl. This individual was previously suspected on another charge in another region (the parents did not lay charges in order to protect the child), but the individual lost his teaching licence and, after leaving the Kingston area, was discovered in southern Ontario teaching part-time in youth training programs for swimming and lifeguard courses. All this despite the fact his name was listed on the Ontario Child Abuse Registry. Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario have joined forces to demand the federal government take immediate action to upgrade the National Sex Offender Registry now. Surely there must be someone in the Liberal cabinet or on the backbenches, who has the ability, concern and common sense to demand the government take immediate action. This is exactly the type of legislation that PM Jean Chretien, who is so concerned about his political legacy, should insist be put on the front-burner. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:04:48 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Canada-U.S customs merger seen as a borderline possibility http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-06-26-0054.html >From Edmonton Sun Thursday, June 26, 2003 Canada-U.S customs merger seen as a borderline possibility By MARIA MCCLINTOCK, SUN OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA -- Merging Canadian and U.S. customs unions is a far-fetched idea that won't go ahead, the president of the Canada Customs and Excise Union said yesterday. Ron Moran was responding to reports the federal government is doing background work on the feasibility of merging the two unions as a means of breaking down trade barriers. "It's quite a colossal undertaking. Not only from the legislative or logistics of it, more importantly all the political hurdles that you would have to go through," Moran said. "It's not realistic ... what concerns me most is labour mobility and what that would encompass." Moran wondered how the government would deal with the idea of arming Canadian customs officers, like their U.S. counterparts. In the past, putting guns into the hands of Canadian customs officers has not been supported by the feds. "They seem to be aiming at the U.S. at some point not having the ability to prevent Canadian lumber from entering their market, or Canadian beef entering their market," Moran said. A federal government spokesman confirmed the idea is being researched as part of a larger project examining Canada-U.S. trade relations. Canadian Alliance MP Rahim Jaffer said the notion is "years" away from becoming a reality. "What the government's got to do is weigh out the pros and cons," Jaffer said. "In the long run, it just allows the sharing of information much more effectively to be able to deal with trade issues or security issues." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:15:56 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Re: B.C. solicitor-general slams feds for wasting money on gun registry > PUBLICATION: Vancouver Sun > DATE: 2003.06.26 > EDITION: FINAL C > SECTION: News > PAGE: B6 > BYLINE: Jim Beatty > SOURCE: Vancouver Sun > DATELINE: VICTORIA > ILLUSTRATION: Color Photo: Darren Stone, Canadian Press /Solicitor-General > Rich Coleman says he's worried about organized crime. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Organized crime ignored by Ottawa, Coleman says: B.C. solicitor-general > slams feds for wasting money on gun registry but not creating national > anti-crime strategy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems like the Firearms Registry has become the favourite whipping boy across Canada. We need to keep the profile of the waste and rights infringements front and center in the Media. This shouldn't be too hard to do with the "extension" that isn't an extension deadline looming. Once that has passed (if there isn't another "extension" that is), there will be Charter Challenges, civil disobedience and other stuff to work from. Your MP is in back your home riding for the summer recess - now is the time to visit his office, make appointments to speak with them and voice your displeasure. We must continue to hold their feet to the fire. *THEY* may have the summer off, but we can't afford to. Yours in Liberty, Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:46:46 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERED TO INDIVIDUALS = 422,821 NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERED TO INDIVIDUALS, BY PROVINCE FROM DECEMBER 1, 1998 TO MAY 26, 2003 = 422,821 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsTransfers-2003-05-26.xls ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:47:32 -0600 (CST) From: hh@hayz.ws Subject: Court Strikes Down NY Lawsuit Against Gun Industry Court Strikes Down NY Lawsuit Against Gun Industry (CNSNews.com) - The National Shooting Sports Foundation is hailing what it calls another significant legal victory for the firearms industry. Earlier this week, a New York appellate court upheld a lower-court ruling dismissing a state lawsuit against gun makers. The appellate court said gun makers, because they produce legal and non-defective products, may not be sued under public nuisance statutes for the criminal misuse of firearms. According to an NSSF press release, the appellate court acknowledged what the firearms industry has maintained all along - that courts are the least suited, least equipped and thus the least appropriate branch of government to regulate and micro-manage the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of handguns. "We are extremely pleased and gratified that the appeals court has found that Attorney General Spitzer's politically motivated lawsuit lacks any legal merit, precisely what other courts around the county have concluded in dismissing similar 'junk' lawsuits filed against our industry," said Lawrence G. Keane, the NSSF's vice president and general counsel. "These lawsuits are nothing more than an attempt to circumvent Congress and state legislatures to impose through litigation an extreme anti-gun agenda repeatedly rejected by Congress and the American people." Jason Hayes Principal - Hayes Holdings Consulting hh@hayz.ws / www.hayz.ws #1936 - 246 Stewart Green SW Calgary, AB, Canada T3H 3C8 ................................................................... REMINDER: Support the RFC Ottawa Office. Make cheques payable to: RFC Ottawa Office (In Trust). Send immediately to: Charles Dillabough, CGA, RR #2 Chesterville, Ontario K0C 1H0. Your generosity is appreciated. All donations are warmly welcomed. ................................................................... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:05:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: TORONTO SUN - $200G road trips: MP blasts bureaucrat's spending on airfares, taxis http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2003/06/26/119889.html Thu, June 26, 2003 $200G road trips MP blasts bureaucrat's spending on airfares, taxis By KATHLEEN HARRIS, OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA -- A Canadian Alliance MP is outraged over a $200,000 "commuting" tab racked up by the former boss of the Canadian Firearms Centre. MP Garry Breitkreuz released documents yesterday that show the former CFC boss Gary Webster made 56 round trips from Edmonton to Ottawa over two years. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:06:03 -0600 (CST) From: John Wilson Subject: [Fwd: RE: Change of salutation on Web Page] At least this wasn't a canned answer from the CFC... - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Change of salutation on Web Page Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:47:05 -0400 From: "efal" To: "John Wilson" CC: "Canadian Firearms Centre" Your e-mail has reached the technical support department for the Online Application for the Registration of Firearms. Your request does not come under our service. We have forwarded your message to the appropriate department. Canadian Firearms Centre - -----Original Message----- From: John Wilson [mailto:jwandgk@synapse.net] Sent: June 26, 2003 11:01 AM To: efal Subject: Change of salutation on Web Page I am the holder of PAL # 1******* **1, when I log on to the secure server the message "Welcome Edward Wilson" appears, this is blatantly incorrect, if you wish to address me by my called name then please use JOHN otherwise you may address me as E. John or E. J. Wilson. The reason being I have NEVER been nor do I wish to be called EDWARD and for you to assume that my name is something it isn't is an insult... E John Wilson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:07:44 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Comparing the Government's figures on Firearms Transfers November 16, 2001 - TOTAL NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERS = 428,031 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmstransfers.htm June 3, 2002 - TOTAL NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERS = 490,617 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/questions/june-3-2002response.htm May 26, 2003 - NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRANSFERED TO INDIVIDUALS = 422,821 http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsTransfers-2003-05-26.xls ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:33:09 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: My letter to several newspapers Just submitted, not yet printed. Have you written a letter today? - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Radwanski vs. Webster Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:15:08 -0400 From: Bruce Mills To: Bruce Mills As with the Firearms Registry itself, I think we need to take a look at the value-for-money we have received with respect to Gary Webster, former head of the Canadian Firearms Center, and George Radwanski, the former Privacy Commissioner. Admittedly, while both spent our tax dollars flagrantly, which is never good, one could rationalize the expense based on value received. Radwanski was a tireless champion of the privacy rights of the individual citizen, taking the RCMP and others to task for their installations of surveillance cameras in the downtown areas of several cities, and almost single handedly forced Elinor Caplan to back down on her 6 year retention of all data on all air passengers, for "public safety". Webster has done nothing but continue to promulgate the Federal liberal Government's failed firearms fiasco, only adding insult to injury with his "commutes" back and forth from Edmonton to Ottawa. There has not been one perceivable benefit from this billion dollar boondoggle, and there never will be. Any more money spent on this travesty of legislation will only be throwing good money after bad. At least Radwanski gave us some value. Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:43:27 -0600 (CST) From: fightc68@shaw.ca Subject: LUFA: Press Release - Operation Overload 2 LUFA Press Release: Operation Overload 2 Windsor, Ont: June 25, 2003  The Law-abiding Unregistered Firearms Association (LUFA) launches Operation Overload 2.  "Operation Overload" was a highly effective program, started in 2000, which has been acknowledged by Members of Parliament and Canadian Firearms Centre spokesperson Dave Austin as having the result of running up the costs and ultimately crashing the CFC's computer systems.  LUFA President Wayne Fields states, "The first Operation Overload was a huge success as it shut down the CFC/Registry and exposed the ineptness of the federal Liberal Government." Dave Austin and MP Paul Macklin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada accused LUFA of deliberately trying to clog the system.  During a CBC debate late December 2002, Macklin accused LUFA of costing the firearms registry tens of millions of dollars.  In January 2003, Dave Austin and the RCMP admitted on CTV that there were no criminal activities involved with citizens exercising their rights in contacting the CFC requesting information. "It was bureaucratic bungling and political incompetence that cost the billion dollars, not our Operation Overload. We just exposed the system for what it is, a total waste of taxpayers money that will do nothing to reduce crime, violence and suicides," submitted Fields. "There are some problems with some of the people whose names may have disappeared as a result of the crash Dec. 30 of the system," stated Solicitor General Wayne Easter in June of 2003.   Fields fumes, "This is a typical federal Liberal government mismanagement.  They withhold critical information and refuse to acknowledge to Canadians that many thousands of innocent citizens may not be in the Canadian Firearms Centre systems.  Then the Minister refuses to extend the registration deadline when he doesn't even know what registration records are lost. Total incompetency and irresponsibility.  No one in the federal Liberal government is ever held accountable for their actions.  Now the government couldn't prosecute anyone for failing to register under this Act even if they wanted to.  All a person has to say is that he or she registered online in late December.  The government can't prove they didn't." "Currently, the Solicitor General of Canada is mumbling that they will not report anyone to the RCMP if they register after the grace period.  So is June 30, 2003 a grace period deadline or not?  POL Licensing deadline was December 31, 2000 and it was extended for a full 2 years, it appears registration of firearms will be extended just the same with no impact on the high non-compliance that already exists." Fields concludes, "We are asking concerned Canadians to do your part and join Operation Overload 2!  Help us put a stop to this catastrophic waste of our tax dollars.  The money could be better spent in other areas like health care, education or policing.  "Operation Overload 2 will ensure the sinking of the C-68 Titanic by further exposing the failing federal Liberal registry fiasco for what it is, - exorbitantly expensive, unworkable, unenforceable and ill-conceived."  Check our website www.lufa.ca/operationoverload2.asp for more information on Operation Overload 2. - -30- LUFA PO BOX 31082 EDMONTON AB T5Z 3P3 (780) 406-8442 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:35:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Jim Hill" Subject: Shifty Liberals Sent to 21 papers today. Jim Hill Fletchers Lake, NS To the editor, We watched recently as the Liberals and the media had a field day with the Privacy Commissioner, forcing him to resign. While I do not condone his spending habits, I cannot help but feel that they turned on him in order to deflect some of the attention the Liberal Ministers have received over the last couple of years. They must have enjoyed question period for a change, where the Prime Minister did not have to defend himself on a regular basis over golf courses and calls to bank managers. Several Ministers must have enjoyed the respite also as they did not have to answer questions on their own spending habits and departmental faux pas'. This group of pork bellies that fly around on new challenger jets feasting on lobster and other nouveau cuisine must have had a difficult time not choking on their own avidity as they called for Radwanski to resign. During all this we also find out that the political football called the Firearms Act that has led to the demise of the aspirations of so many Cabinet Ministers has reared its ugly expensive head yet again. We learn that Gary Webster, the former top dog , of the Canadian Firearms Centre (CFC) spent a small fortune ($205,000 for 56 flights) flying back and forth to work, from Edmonton no less! This is not a minister with responsibilities to his constituants but just another public servant that was allowed to work in Ottawa while continuing his home life in Edmonton. The shifty Liberals say this was because the Centre was to be moved to Edmonton, another one of those plans only revealed after they were caught red faced again. It is too bad there are no qualified people east of Edmonton. They could have saved a lot of money. Now they want the Auditor General to focus her attention on Radwanski. That may keep her from looking any closer into the goings on at CFC where they have been keeping many secrets. Jim Hill Fletchers Lake, NS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:36:39 -0600 (CST) From: Edward Hudson Subject: Attorney General British Columbia The Honorable Geoff Plant Attorney General British Columbia Parliament Buildings Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4 Monday, 23June2003 Dear Mr Plant, Re: The Repeal of the Firearms Act I wish to thank you for your very principled stand in protecting the responsible citizens of British Columbia from the evil intent of the Firearms Act. Your decision not to use provincial resources to prosecute is one vital part of seeing this unjust law repealed. However, as long as the Firearms Act remains one of the statutes of Canada, our Liberties guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are not secure. Therefore we wish to enlist your assistance. The enclosed packet of information contains evidence of our willful contravention of the Firearms Act. We would be most obliged if you would forward this testimony to the appropriate federal prosecutor in British Columbia. We want to be charged for contravening the Firearms Act so that we can demonstrate in court how the Firearms Act violates our Rights and Freedoms, specifically our rights to privacy, security of person, presumption of innocence, association, representation, mobility, and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. To achieve our goal we will convene on the steps of the British Columbia Parliament on Monday, 30June2003 at 2 p.m. to declare our intention never to surrender our Liberty to this unjust law. We would be most grateful if you would have the Sargent-at-Arms ensure that the RCMP are on hand. We will peacefully and nonviolently await arrest for the “crime” of protecting the most sacred values we as responsible citizens enjoy in a free society. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely, Edward B. Hudson DVM, MS Secretary, CUFOA Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association 402 Skeena Crt Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7K 4H2 1-306-230-8929 (cell) 1-306-242-2379 edwardhudson@shaw.ca www.cufoa.ca CC: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Wayne Easter, Solicitor General of Canada Garry Breitkreuz, MP ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V6 #205 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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