Evidence of meeting #12 for Public Safety and National Security in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was firearm.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
Four years in jail.
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
Does that include a store owner, an individual or...? I mean, we were told by three officials today...we were told by the minister from Quebec and we were told by a representative from the chiefs of police that store owners can now just sell guns to anyone and there will be no record; they can sell a gun to anyone.
Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
No, that's absolutely false, because of course the store owner has to enter the firearm into his inventory.
For example, let's say you had to trace a Remington firearm. You call Remington. It says it shipped that firearm to the distributor on a certain date. The distributor has to have records. The distributor says it was sold to a dealer on another date. Now you know the firearm's there, and at that point in time you say, “Okay, Mr. Dealer, where did it go?” He has to have where it went in his inventory control. Dealers cannot be selling to somebody who doesn't have a licence because that's just going to bring the whole world down on their heads.
Conservative
Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
Oh yes, absolutely.
Conservative
Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
It's a very serious criminal offence.
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
I mean, we do know that the majority of crimes are committed with guns that are being sold illegally—
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
--and they're not being sold by people who are following the rules.
November 17th, 2011 / 11:35 a.m.
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Conservative
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
I want to go to Madam Larente.
Thank you so much for being here.
We've heard that people in Quebec want to keep the long-gun registry. That has been the overwhelming message we've heard, especially out of Montreal. I'm wondering if you can talk a little bit about the rest of Quebec, the regions of Quebec, where people are hunting and using firearms for law-abiding purposes. How do you think they feel about their interests as Quebeckers not necessarily being represented in this discussion?
Volunteer, Coordinator, Women's Hunting Program, Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs
I did not understand all of the question.
Did you understand the rest of the question?
Conservative
Conservative
Volunteer, Coordinator, Women's Hunting Program, Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs
I--
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
No, that's all right. You get your translation and then I'll repeat the question.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Actually, our time is limited so I'm not able to give you too much extra time. I want everyone to have a chance to get in a question.