Mr. Sopuck, I'd like to thank you for bringing this bill to committee after having it go through the House, as well as for your work as the chair of the hunting and angling caucus. That's also very important.
You mentioned that four million Canadians are actually involved in outdoor activities such as this. You're absolutely correct. It's not just people in the rural and remote areas who participate. A number of constituents in my riding of Scarborough Centre fall into that category as well.
With regard to this legislation, I will just reaffirm that the government does support this bill. There are a number of reasons that we do. First and foremost, it's common sense. Second, it supports law-abiding Canadians who do participate in outdoor activities such as the ones you talked about in your opening remarks.
You did mention very briefly that it's a technical clarification based on a recent Supreme Court decision that has left a bit of a grey area with regard to storage and transportation. I'm wondering if you could comment a bit further on why it's so important to bring this legislation forward to clarify the sections of the Criminal Code. You mentioned that it could make someone a criminal very instantly. Could you specifically relate it to paintball and pellet gun owners and the differences between those types of activities versus, as you mentioned, other types of firearms?