Our position on that matter is clear. As I mentioned earlier, we were very surprised that the bill talked about destroying the registry data because it wasn't mentioned during the election campaign.
We thought just the opposite after Mr. Paradis' answer to Mr. Blaney—I quoted it earlier. He said that, if we wanted to set up our own registry, we could, but it would have no criminal bearing because we have no criminal jurisdiction. He said that a registry would be our business and we would have to pay for it. We agreed to that.
However, how can we re-establish a registry if the data is destroyed? How much will we have to pay for a registry we have already paid for? I have to point out that we have already paid for it. Quebeckers also participate in the Canadian federation through their taxes. They have already made their contribution. Why would this data be destroyed? I have not received any answers to that question. We can understand the Conservative Party's position. They made a campaign promise, which they are honouring. That's what an election is about. People make commitments and want to make good on them. We disagree, but we can understand that part of the process. However, we don't understand the second part, the fact that they are trying to stop us from having a registry. It would have no criminal bearing, since we have no such jurisdiction, but at least the data would be available and would enable us to do what we think is important in terms of prevention.