It's a very positive measure, given that there will only be a single licence under these conditions. This is much more representative of what owning a firearm is like. Currently, there are two licences: a possession licence and a possession and acquisition licence. If you only have a possession licence, you cannot purchase firearms. You have to go back through the system to buy a possession and acquisition licence.
With the merger, a hunter won't have to go through the whole administrative process again to purchase another firearm. You absolutely need a possession licence before you can buy a gun. To us, the merger of these two licences is critical. It greatly simplifies gun ownership. Say you decided years ago to own a single gun, but since then you've developed a passion for another type of hunting that requires a different firearm, then you have to go through the whole process again to purchase a firearm, even though you were a model citizen.