I don't know that I'll dwell on it anymore, but I think I'm going to reiterate what my colleagues have said.
Certainly, and especially in the African Canadian community, we want people who are using guns to be off the street. I will make that very clear to you. We share in our community the same frustration, because it is mostly members of our community who are being killed.
However, in addressing how we're going to do that, we think it's important to look at what effective strategies we have and whether the strategy we've chosen is going to work. And in terms of what the public has asked for, it is not necessarily Bill C-10. What they have asked for is safety from guns and gangs and violence. That's why we're here today to tell you that mandatory minimums are not an adequate response to guns and gangs and violence.