Thank you, Mr. Chair.
When I lived in Toronto in the 1980s, my roommate was a member of the Toronto police force. We never got broken into, probably because he was a member of the police force--or because we had no possessions of any real merit, I don't know which. But this goes to my point about police officers, community members, business community leaders, as you mentioned, and teachers, etc., being the fabric that creates public safety, and I am very happy to hear you say this, if that is a model for all of Canada. I also want to congratulate you on your good work.
We have gone a little off topic with respect to a strict examination of Bill C-10, so with the chair's permission and the committee's willingness, I might ask you about what I think is really the rub of the issue here, and that's gun control, for handguns, long guns, big guns, little guns, I don't care which. It may unify us to hear you say that guns of any sort are very dangerous for a community, whether it be Toronto, Moncton, Riverview, Edmonton, Red Deer, or wherever.
I have two questions, very political.
One, do you see any merit in scrapping completely the long gun registry?
Two, perhaps in a blue sky statement, what, other than the provisions in the Criminal Code regarding restricted weapons and so on--the licensing and the regulatory scheme, frankly, that you alluded to in your remarks--would be the perfect gun control scheme that could be enacted by a federal government that would help you in your job and make communities safer?