Michel Picard at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

I want to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their testimony.

First I'd like to speak to the representatives of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights.

You criticize the government's approach in putting forward a certain number of regulations and legislative provisions. You understand that this is a political process that responds to demands that also come from the population, and we understand that some people will not be in agreement with certain points. Several elements put forward in the bill were requested by citizens who are in fact demanding even more restrictive measures. At this stage, our challenge is to find a happy medium between those who want extreme controls and those who want a much less restrictive approach.