To answer the question, this is not within the power of the Minister of Public Safety; it's not my power. So I could not prevent the reclassification. That's why, after the fact, I had the capacity then to consult and bring forward an amnesty. In the meantime, hundreds, thousands, of law-abiding Canadian citizens were basically treated as criminals. I find it particularly disrespectful for law-abiding citizens who have acquired legal firearms to be turned into criminals.
I must tell you that I was not happy, if I can put it that way, with this course of state. That's why we are bringing legislation to avoid such a situation occurring again, and to enable Parliament, which is responsible for the classification, to fix mistakes. We don't have the capability to fix mistakes. We need to have this capability. That's what is in this bill. Once again, I can assure you that this will be based on the advice of experts.