Interesting read (From pro gun side, FWIW)
Bernardo told the gathering of about 350 people that "there's been a whole change of attitude in the deepest levels of the Liberal Party of Canada" since the Auditor General revealed last December that the gun registry is likely to cost more than $1 billion by 2005. The federal government had estimated the total cost to taxpayers would be $2 million when it passed Bill C-68 in 1995. Various provisions of the law, which requires that all firearms, including rifles and shotguns, be registered, were phased in up to January 2003.