Thank you much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister for being here.
Rather than talking about the past or the future, I'd like to talk about what's before us today—namely, the regulations dealing with records of sale.
I want to go back through this with you. To me, the records of sale pre-existed the registry. They weren't used to create the registry. They're kept routinely by gun shops. They're not in any electronic form so that they could be searched. They're accessible only by warrant.
If this regulation goes ahead, aren't you really creating a big hole in the only potential source of information we have about non-restricted weapons that might be used in gun crimes?