Thank you very much.
Good afternoon, Mr. Minister.
Firstly, I am happy that you were able to group all of the bills into Bill C-2. I want to share with you testimonials from the province of Quebec in particular.
Mr. Boisvenu, whose daughter was killed, read a part of the bill. He was very happy about it because he is a member of an association many members of which have seen their children killed by recidivists using firearms.
Another person thanks you, in a way. That is Mr. Livernoche, the father of the young boy who was strangled following the release of a sexual offender. Perhaps in future, that sort of thing will no longer happen.
A third group from the city of Montreal might also want to thank you. I don't live there, but I know that my colleague Mr. Ménard does. There are 36 extremely violent street gangs. Ms. Mourani has written a book on the topic. These street gangs can decide to kill you just because they don't like the colour of the clothes you are wearing. In some cases, it is that extreme.
Another group with which I have often dealt in my personal practice would thank you also. This concerns impaired driving. The MADD group is very well aware of everything concerning deaths due to impaired driving. You know that in Quebec several people have literally been killed by people who were driving in an impaired state due to alcohol or drugs.
The question I would like to put to you, Minister, is important. Even though this has been said and repeated, I would like you to explain, because this must be well understood, why you decided, at this time, to group into Bill C-2 all of these laws that were dispersed all over the place, in the House of Commons or at the Senate. Can a Canadian citizen listening to you today expect that things will proceed quickly? What message would you like to give him?