Thanks for the question. Yes. I am aware that some sectors have concerns about the impact the Arms Trade Treaty may have in terms of the rights of legal, lawful gun owners in Canada.
The first point I will make is that this is not a conversation that is exclusive to Canada. In the United States, in other contexts, the NRA—you know, the sports shooting association types—have repeatedly raised this concern, not just in Canada but internationally, and in the context of multilateral Arms Trade Treaty negotiations.
It is a surprise to me that we are still having this conversation because time and again, every authoritative expert in the world has tried, in a constructive spirit, to placate those concerns and to say that the Arms Trade Treaty has nothing to do with domestic gun ownership. The Arms Trade Treaty was neither designed nor intended to infringe upon the rights of lawful gun owners domestically, but rather to curb irresponsible international arms transfers.