Bill C-19, in clause 29, stipulates that the commissioner of firearms, as well as each chief firearms officer, shall ensure that certain information related to the Canadian firearms registry be destroyed “as soon as feasible”.
The amendment attempts to insert conditions upon this process by directing the commissioner of firearms to contact all provinces, territories, Indian bands, and self-governing aboriginal communities to seek whether they intend to create a registry and transfer the information to those entities.
Again, as House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states, on page 766:
An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.
In the opinion of the chair and the table, the introduction of the transfer of this information to these entities is a new concept that is beyond the scope of Bill C-19 and therefore is inadmissible.
We will move to the next New Democratic amendment, NDP-5. Again, I will give you the opportunity to introduce it, hopefully not with a long discourse.