Thank you very much, Chair.
My questions today will be focused more to Ms. Geddes, specific to firearms.
Now, I know that back in 2019, the minister of the day.... Internal documents have shown that the government has estimated that the confiscation of firearms will be $400 million to $600 million. We know that this is probably three times less than what it actually will be. Small-c conservative estimates from across the industry put it at over $2 billion.
I have a couple of questions around the confiscation. The government calls it “buyback”. You can't buy something back that you never owned in the first place. In any event, on the confiscation of firearms, what is the department's plan to make that happen? That's the first question.
As well, how do you propose that it be rolled out? Who will be doing it? There's a lot of ambiguity in the industry and with firearm owners and, I think, with Public Safety, because we're not sure exactly what's happening on that front.
Can you give us an update on that, please, if you'd be so kind?