Mr. Speaker, I am glad to have the opportunity to participate in this debate because I want to be on the record that I do support gun control in Canada. I see Bill C-21 as an attempt to weaken the gun control regime that we have in Canada.
I have two brief questions for the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. I wonder if he could comment on why it took the Conservatives so long to bring the bill forward for debate in the House. They tabled the bill over a year ago. The member for Yorkton—Melville talked about how he waited for 12 years to debate this issue in the House of Commons. One full year of that was with his own government having legislation tabled before the House.
I am also glad that the member talked about the culture of responsibility that registration provides in Canada.
I also know that Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Gun Control, talked about it in a slightly different way. She said:
Registration is essential to ensure that licensed gun owners are held accountable for their guns.
I think that is another way of looking at the responsibility issue talking about being accountable for specific weapons.
I wonder if the member might comment on those two things.