One thing that was really interesting was that they showed me a whole array of firearms that your government has called “assault-style”. They showed me two that weren't the same gun, but they had the identical fire power and were identical in every way except in cosmetic terms. One of them had a wood stock and one of them had a black stock. They said that the black stock one was illegal but had the exact same capability of the other gun that was still legal.
There clearly hasn't been a lot of expert advice on which guns you're looking to ban. From experts we've talked to—from police to firearms experts—it seems that the ban you're putting in place has nothing to do with the power of a firearm, but everything to do with how scary it might look. To me, that is a great waste of resources, frankly.
One issue I want to mention to you is something that is concerning. Police are seeing guns being smuggled by train from Mexico, through the U.S. and all the way to our cities. There is a direct line by train from Mexico to Winnipeg. They are seeing a great increase in gun violence and illegal guns that are already prohibited in Canada, which seem to be smuggled in by rail.