2006 May Status Report of the Auditor General of Canada

1995

Firearms Act receives royal assent but proclamation delayed to January 1997 to develop information system (December).

Firearms Control Task Group within Department of Justice manages the Firearms Control Program.

1996

Request for proposal to select system developers (mid-year).

Firearms Act regulations tabled but not passed (November).

Canadian Firearms Centre (CAFC), within the Department of Justice, is designated to implement Canadian Firearms Program (1996).

1997

Contracts signed with CFIS I system developers (November).

Revised regulations tabled but not passed (October).

1998

Treasury Board gives effective project approval for CFIS I (May).

CFIS I is partially implemented (December).

Revised regulations passed (March).

Firearms Act and regulations come into effect (December).

1999

Performance working group established to review CFIS I performance (January).

CFIS I is fully implemented; systems performance problems are identified (May).

2000

Consultant study warns planned changes to CFIS I would be a major risk (May).

Chief Executive Officer appointed for the Centre (January 2000 to July 2001).

2001

Firearms Act amendments tabled.

These amendments will affect information system requirements (March).

Department of Justice tells government CFIS I needs restructuring (2001).

Treasury Board approves restructuring plan (March).

New Chief Executive Officer appointed (July 2001 to January 2003).

Auditor General’s Report: Department of Justice—Costs of Implementing the Canadian Firearms Program (December 2002).

2002

CFIS I costs and levels of performance stabilize.

Legislative amendments die when Parliament adjourns (June).

Revised legislative amendments tabled (October).

Treasury Board approves further system development (May).

Contract awarded to system developers (July).

2003

Legislative amendments to the Firearms Act receives royal assent (May).

Regulatory changes tabled (June).

Regulatory changes on hold pending ministerial review of program (December).

Ready to implement (March).

Implementation delayed (March).

Delay costs are incurred (April).

Implementation put on hold until regulations are passed (November).

Treasury Board designates CFIS II as a Major Crown Project (November).

Gun Control Action Plan (February).

New Chief Executive Officer appointed (February).

CAFC becomes a separate department reporting to the then Solicitor General, now the Minister of Public Safety. Current Chief Executive Officer is appointed as Commissioner of Firearms (May).

2004

Regulatory changes passed (December).

Information System developers’ contract extended (March).

2005

New release of CFIS I to meet regulatory changes (April).

Regulatory changes come into effect (April).

Treasury Board directs CAFC to report on CFIS II progress (February).