Ottawa Gives Up Millions in Gun Registry Fees

The Conservative government is relinquishing millions of dollars in gun registry and licensing fees at a time when the government is running record budget deficits.
Documents obtained by CBC News under access to information show the federal government's decision to waive fees for people licensing their firearms will cost more than $15 million this year alone. Should the fee waiver be extended for another three years, internal forecasts predict an additional $60 million in "projected lost revenue."

The Conservatives started granting amnesty to gun owners in 2006 — neither forcing new owners to register rifles and other long guns, nor collecting fees from those who already had. It also waived fees for licence renewals. The amnesty has been extended twice more since then. Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan didn't dispute the amounts cited in the documents, but he insisted no money is being lost.

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/05/gun-registry-fees-government.html