Thank you very much.
I think it's no secret that our government's position on the long-gun registry is clear. We don't believe it's an effective use of taxpayers' money, and we are committed to seeing the abolition of the long-gun registry.
Having said that, we are very concerned about licensing provisions. We believe that each individual who actually owns a firearm should be properly licensed. There are always steps that can be taken to ensure that appropriate people are licensed, and those who are not competent to own firearms should not be licensed.
That's something I want to continue to emphasize. We strongly believe in the qualifications necessary to own firearms. We believe that the money that has been spent on the firearms could have been much better and more profitably spent on hiring more police officers and having those police officers on the street. That was our government's commitment—to see more RCMP positions. For example, one of our election promises was on the 1,500 positions. We believe that's a much more effective use of taxpayers' money.
As far as the police, I'll let you—