Mr. Stewart, I would like to draw your attention to the graph I submitted to the committee. I cannot tell you on what page this is, since the pages are not numbered. This comes under Figure 3. I will read what you have written so that I can put it on the record. Please listen carefully to what you are telling me, and telling the committee:
The correlation between an important economic indicator like unemployment with robbery is compelling. Taken together, data such as these make a convincing of case for initiatives that tackle the strongest factors that determine crime rates—social conditions. If the intention of Bill C-10 is to reduce gun crime, then it is clearly not addressing those factors that actually give rise to gun crimes and cannot be successful.
I will put the question again, because what you are saying is not true. In Quebec, the unemployment rate is higher than anywhere else in Canada, and has been for the past 40 years. We have wall-to-wall welfare cases, and that contradicts your statement. So I would like to know why you made that statement. Is it to influence our work here, or is it a genuine observation?