Thank you very much, Ms. Damoff.
First of all, if I may, let me acknowledge that I think some of the comments made by people who work for the gun industry and the gun lobby have been reprehensible, misogynous and I think deeply offensive to the vast majority of Canadians. I wish some of the leaders of our other political parties would find the courage to denounce those activities, but allow me the opportunity to denounce them.
With respect to red flag laws, yes, Pam, we are working very hard to introduce legislation as quickly as possible that will introduce red flag laws. Red flag laws can have a very significant impact in three very important areas. The first is to deal with domestic and intimate partner violence. As you've said, the overwhelming majority of victims in domestic and intimate partner violence are women—eight out of 10—and when a firearm is present, that dangerous situation can become deadly. We want to empower women and those who support women in these dangerous circumstances to remove the danger of a firearm being present in those homes.
We also recognize and are strongly influenced and advised by Dr. Drummond and the medical community's work that 75% of all homicide deaths in this country are in fact self-inflicted. The gun lobby never wants to talk about that, but it's a reality in Canada today, so we are going to empower physicians, family and concerned citizens to be able to take action to remove firearms from those dangerous situations.
Finally, when people are online and they're spouting hate and advocating violence against women, religious minorities, ethnic minorities or any vulnerable population in this country, we have hate crime laws. They can be, in my experience, very challenging to enforce, but we need to have the tools to disarm those individuals before they can go out and engage in crimes of mass violence that have created so much tragedy in this country.
Yes, it's a priority for our government. We'll be bringing forward effective red flag legislation to ensure that Canadians have the tools they need to keep themselves safe.