Minister, when you laid out your government's approach to justice, you established what you said were three pillars. On the second of those, I agree in principle with what you say you're trying to do here, which is to support those on the front lines.
We have had before this committee law enforcement officers representing police associations, representing police departments and representing the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, and every single one of them has said that your government's firearms confiscation scheme should not be a policing priority and will not improve public safety.
Why is this still a priority for your government, when almost every police service in the country wants nothing to do with it?