Public Safety committee  Police officers support our initiative. I'm not talking only about police management, but also about union representatives. Joining us today are Mr. Francoeur and Mr. Côté, who represent unionized police officers. Later on, they will speak at a news conference and will confirm w

Public Safety committee  Our position on that matter is clear. As I mentioned earlier, we were very surprised that the bill talked about destroying the registry data because it wasn't mentioned during the election campaign. We thought just the opposite after Mr. Paradis' answer to Mr. Blaney—I quoted it

Public Safety committee  I think that there is room for different ways of doing things in Canada; we can't all think the same way. We share a large array of common values across Canada. We may have different ways of doing things. As for the gun registry, there seems to be a considerable difference in att

Public Safety committee  To use an expression that is popular in Quebec right now: we will see.

Public Safety committee  I must say that we believe in cooperative federalism. We want to have a dialogue, and it's not too late for that. Both sides are unhappy. It definitely goes both ways. We must find a way to get along.

Public Safety committee  In fact, we had a brief telephone conversation, before learning that the act provides for the destruction of the registry. I think that that is causing more debate than anything else. I would like to remind you that Mr. Paradis replied to a question put by Mr. Blaney on this top

Public Safety committee  Thank you, sir. I am very pleased to be here today for this presentation. Good morning to all the committee members. I am going to go over the various positions on the firearms registry. We know that, since 2006, the Conservative government's position on the firearms registry h