One of the big changes made by this legislation—one which we support—is returning power to the RCMP for classification. It's our belief that they're the ones with the expertise to make such determinations, which are obviously based on definitions created by Parliament.
That being said, I think one of the things that clearly comes out of both witness testimony and correspondence that members have received on this legislation is that there is obviously a trust issue that needs to be addressed with the community of firearms owners in this country. I believe one of the ways to address that is to have the RCMP be more transparent about the reasons behind determinations that are made and I think that would go a long way in re-establishing trust.
That's what this amendment seeks to do, by tabling a report that goes through the reasoning behind the changes potentially made by the RCMP.