Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses. You've given us a very comprehensive overview of your feelings about the bill. Both of you are obviously very knowledgeable. You can tell that by the opposition not being able to really find any issues to criticize in the bill. They're following their notes, of course, but they've obviously been pointed out as being not correct.
I will give you a chance to expand, explain, and maybe emphasize some of the things you've already mentioned. I often find it very difficult to sit quietly in the House of Commons and listen to the misrepresentations of the bill. Both of you have done a very good job of explaining what some of those misrepresentations are.
Mr. Farrant, maybe you could comment a little more on why you felt it was important that these common-sense changes be put forward. You've talked a bit about the benefits of firearms ownership and how families can use this as an activity to participate in together. Your organization has done a lot, of course, with the courses you offer, to make the use of firearms safe. Also, as yours is a conservation organization, probably firearms ownership contributes a lot to the incentive to make sure that we manage our natural resources in a proper way. If you wouldn't mind, could you expand a bit on some of those things?