Well, you certainly have a better understanding of procedure than I do . It seems to me that when you are considering changing a bill, the amendments have to be consistent with the purpose of the bill. I do not see how amendments to this bill, which proposes the repeal of the registry, could possibly make the bill acceptable. No amendment would make it acceptable, in my view, unless every single clause were to be deleted.
As regards the concerns of some members of Parliament with respect to the registry, it is possible to make changes. We would accept the amendments proposed by the Liberals—not to amend the bill per se, but to amend the Firearms Act—in other words, to table a new bill. That would decriminalize certain violations under the Firearms Act. Those amendments would guarantee the integrity of the registry. The police would then still have the tools they need to enforce the law.