Beyond the statement, I do want to congratulate Mr. Wilson on his work. We have tried to reach out and become more educated about the issue. I will say that we were not educated about this issue before this incident came into our lives. It's shocking when it happens.
I am also thankful for the support of my lovely wife, of my friend Ali, and of the other members of the Danforth community. It's not just me who's making these statements.
It would be wrong for this committee to conclude that we have only one issue. It's not one kind of gun violence. In fact, and I think in the past we've agreed on this, there are different kinds of gun violence, frankly, and different remedies that are going to be required. According to Statistics Canada, only half of the gun violence activity is attributed to gangs and guns.
Frankly, if we deal with this, and we should, there are issues related to importation and smuggling. We need to fund these communities better, and we completely agree with that, but then to ignore the other half of the problem would ignore the problem that happened to us and that happened to the mosque. There are other shooters who have motivation and have different access to weapons.
Our recommendation is to not lose that focus. This bill needs to be balanced. We think this is a balanced bill. Maybe it can be tweaked and improved to make other people happy, but it needs to cover all of the things it's covering. It needs to cover the freeze. It needs to deal with assault-style weapons. It needs to deal with the borders. It needs to fund communities. It needs to make reporting easier for women or others who are feeling threatened by gun owners.
All of that work needs to be done, but that is the scope of the problem. It's not one problem, it's not one group, it's not one set of—