Thank you for your question.
I think it is an excellent idea and it would encourage public safety to allow and encourage people to take these kinds of courses. That is not always possible in physical locations, particularly small towns. For example, in British Columbia we have hunter safety training that's available through the Internet, although the backbone of the Internet is often unobtainable in small towns. Many people can study through books, friends, and provincial instructors to get an alternative education.
I definitely think that courses are a good thing that would encourage public safety, and I definitely would encourage provincial chief firearms officers to increase, not decrease, the number of federal firearms safety instructors as well as make use of provincial hunter safety instructors. But definitely such instruction improves public safety.