Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We follow your work here very closely, and clearly the committee heard from a lot of groups about the importance of removing guns in a situation of domestic violence and the huge impact that will have on the safety of anybody who's living in a domestic violence situation.
I can tell you that the department also meets with stakeholders who would like to meet with us and we collect this information. We are told that there's a significant impact in a domestic violence situation when they know that the guns have been removed automatically following a complaint, rather than having a complaint and being back in an environment where there's a high risk of guns being used.
I can confirm that we are very aware of the positive impact that this will have on the well-being and mental health of not only women, but also.... We heard from doctors, and I think the committee heard from doctors in the past, about on mental health cases in which they were struggling to remove the guns and ensure the safety of these individuals.