Thank you very much.
I just have one little statement here. I've been elected five times as a member of Parliament, and this has been, to my constituents, a major issue. My riding very clearly wanted to see the end of the long-gun registry.
This week I was approached by an individual who came up to me and showed me his firearms acquisition licence. He showed it with a great deal of pride. When he brought it up to me, I looked at it and wondered why he was showing it to me. Was there an error on it? Did he have to get it renewed? I didn't know what it was.
Really, he came up and showed it to me because he was proud that he had gone through the process of receiving a licence. He'd had a criminal check done and he'd had a safety course. He'd gone through this and he was now licensed to have it. But he was very pleased that there was no registry. He even asked that we thank the government and thank you specifically for that.
Mr. Minister, thank you for appearing here.
Ms. Hoeppner has her hand in the air.
Go ahead.