Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I also want to thank all our witnesses for adding their perspectives to this issue. There is much to be learned, and I'm eager to hear all the different perspectives.
I do want to clarify, though, that the national freeze on handguns came into force via the regulatory amendments to the Firearms Act on approval by the Governor General and registration on October 21, 2022, and that the regulations have been in force since then.
The text of the regulations will be published in the Canada Gazette on November 9. This is just a publication date, as the regulations are already in force. Until then, they are temporarily posted, for ease of reference, on the government's website.
I'd like to direct my questions to Dr. Cukier.
There have been some concerns raised with respect to the red- and yellow-flag items. I want to emphasize the context that these are in addition to existing regulations. I appreciate that much work needs to be done in the responsiveness, as you highlighted earlier, but as a supplemental or an additional avenue for people who feel like they are at risk of violence, would there be any additional amendments you would make to reflect that context in the legislation?