If I may attempt to answer, the issue here is that the Arms Trade Treaty does not include what we call conventional arms as well. It includes small arms and light weapons, and everyone present at the conference, which went on for a very long time, were very clear that civilian firearms of any kind, ammunition, accessories, and so forth, had to be included in there to make a joint package.
The problem with the Arms Trade Treaty always has been and always will be that one size does not fit all. What we do in North America is not the same as what's going on in some other places where they have serious conflict issues, and where weapons of all types are flowing freely back and forth, with the agreement of the government or not, no one knows, and I don't think that's of issue here. This is one part of it that is very much of concern.
Canada does not have a registry of non-restricted firearms. That was cancelled in April 2012. The treaty does refer to keeping records of all types of firearms and weapons of all sorts. Mr. Farrant referred to that before. There's a giant hole there. What our members are afraid of is that this will come back somehow as what was referred to as a backdoor registry, and if not that, at least possibly a curtailment of imports into Canada of various and sundry products that would affect the community.
Canada also does not have the right to say that we want consensus on the treaty. It's a simple majority vote, and 75% of the members present at any Arms Trade Treaty conference in the future can change it. If Canada votes against, we would fall within the 25% that would not agree to it, but it would still pass, and this might affect us in Canada. These are concerns that we're raising to the committee, and nothing more than that.