July 9/history

[more] What else happened today

2003 — Auditor General Sheila Fraser reveals that the gun-registry program is more over budget than previously thought and concludes that Parliament is ignorant of some of those escalating costs. Fraser reports the bill for gun registration would reach $1 billion by 2005, with registration fees offsetting that by only about $140 million. 2003 — Canada: Judge Robert Kilpatrick grants a temporary injunction protecting Inuit from the federal firearms registry until a lawsuit filed by Nunavut's land claims organization goes to court the following year. Requiring Inuit to register their guns could interfere with their traditional way of life, the judge concludes.