Public Safety committee  For the OIC of May 1, 2020, the criteria set out in the regulatory impact analysis statement said there were three aspects considered in establishing the list. The first was that the firearm must be “semi-automatic” with “sustained rapid-fire capability”. That was meant to include tactical military- designed firearms with large magazine capacity.

Public Safety committee  I think your question is an important one, and I hope I don't come across as dismissing it, but these were the parameters set out in the regulatory impact analysis statement. These were the principles used to guide the determination of what was listed in the order in council. The technical aspects of each firearm were examined by the Canadian firearms program.

Public Safety committee  I appreciate that the list does include a significant number of firearms that may be used for hunting and sport shooting. However, with the 2,000 firearms that are being prohibited, there would still be, I think, roughly between 19,000 and 20,000 firearms that are non-restricted—

Public Safety committee  That are non-restricted and that may be used for hunting and—

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. You're asking me about a specific firearm. I'd have to come back to you with those answers.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I can't speak to any specific make and model. I can answer questions for you with respect to the schedule and what's on the schedule. Whether or not it's reasonable to assume they are not captured.... That's a technical determination that could be made by the RCMP and the Canadian firearms program.

Public Safety committee  I'm going off the top of my head. The Benelli M3 was prohibited, I believe, in the 1990s. Just give me a second. It's section 7 in schedule 1 of the existing regulations. These firearms were initially prohibited in the 1990s, but there is a list of firearms from the Benelli family that were excluded.

Public Safety committee  There are new Benellis that are added in the schedule, if you look at, for example, clause 7, I think.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  The family itself is prohibited. There are new ones. There are new makes and models that are included in the schedule too.

Public Safety committee  But as a family, they were initially prohibited in the 1990s.

Public Safety committee  We're just trying to locate where it is on the list, whether or not there's a specific firearm included in the regulations. There are some 2,000 that are listed right now.

Public Safety committee  The proposed schedule—the firearms that are listed—that you have in front of you, schedule 1, lists all of the firearms that are currently prohibited in the regulations. Added to those are all of the known variants. Those were included for transparency, so that when Canadians look at the schedule, they will know what firearms are prohibited based on the best knowledge of the Canadian firearms program.