From the very beginning, we have tried to make that point abundantly clear. Our objective here is to gain practical improvements in public safety without imposing any kind of intrusive or unreasonable burden on law-abiding Canadian citizens or law-abiding Canadian businesses. I know that this is an intense and emotional topic, and people have strong feelings on various sides of the argument, but if you take a practical run through the legislation, there is nothing here that is an unreasonable burden on people who are going to follow the law, and the vast majority of Canadians do.
On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.