Subhead:The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is pushing for transparency to shine a light on the federal government’s controversial firearm ‘buyback’ program.#   The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is escalating its legal battle with the federal government, asking the Federal Court to overturn a decision that allows Ottawa to keep key cost estimates for its gun confiscation program secret. At issue is the federal government’s refusal to release full projected costs of the program, which the CTF argues taxpayers have a right to see. Ottawa is still hiding the true cost of its gun ban and confiscation scheme.Now the CTF is back in Federal Court to challenge it.Taxpayers deserve the truth about the cost of a program that will do NOTHING to make Canadians safer.https://t.co/DhY7EZ324g— Devin Drover (@DevinDrover) March 23, 2026 The dispute dates back to July 2023, when the CTF filed an access-to-information request seeking detailed cost projections. While the government released partial records in January 2024, those documents only included an estimate from the RCMP’s Pacific Region, pegging costs at $12.6 million for confiscation and destruction efforts in that area. Ottawa withheld cost projections from other RCMP divisions.​Read More