Thank you, Chair.
Through you, first I'd like to thank all the witnesses for being here today. To those of you who are with us who've lost loved ones, I want to extend my deepest sympathy. Thank you for your courage to come to speak to us today.
I know that all of you have followed this firearms legislation and firearms policy for a number of years.
I have a number of things I want to deal with, so I'm going to ask you to be very brief. How you would compare this legislation? While I know you feel it doesn't go as far as you would like, could you compare this legislation with that of 10 years of the previous government as well as the platform that was put forward on firearms by Mr. Scheer during the election campaign?