🇨🇦 Canada · 2002 · 💻 Tech & systems
In 1995 it was expected to cost taxpayers about $2 million. What did the auditor general find?
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$1 billion projected cost
A rounding error of 500 times. Even calculators were embarrassed.
What actually happened
In 1995 the Justice Department estimated the firearms program would cost taxpayers about $2 million. The auditor general reported in 2002 that the department now expected it to cost more than $1 billion by 2004–05. The long-gun registry was abolished in 2012.
Source: CBC News ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.