Hi. My name is Paula Clarke. I'm counsel at the Department of Justice.
The act is proposing to create an authority for the Governor in Council in the future to be able to grandfather by regulation any firearm that is later redetermined to be prohibited. This is so if it were initially determined to be restricted or non-restricted, and if further information comes to the attention of the Canadian firearms program and a redetermination is made that the firearm is prohibited, a simpler mechanism is in place to allow the government to very quickly grandfather the existing owners and to give them time to come into compliance with the licensing requirements for prohibited firearms.