Minister, we live in economic scarcity. We have to use taxpayer dollars in the best possible way. We have seen statistics from law enforcement and community groups that have overwhelmingly shown that legally owned firearms are not winding up in the hands of criminals—certainly, there are a few exceptions—and that those guns are ones that are transported and smuggled over the border.
You posted on Twitter today about a gun bust of two rifles and four handguns. In your own words today, most of the guns that are being intercepted by CBSA are from “non-compliant travellers”, not from organized crime smuggling operations. We know that is the main source for guns getting into the hands of criminals.
Minister, why are you paying attention to guns seized from American travellers, when you're missing the real issue, which is the thousands of handguns that are being brought over the border from the United States by organized crime?