Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here today, ladies. We are very grateful.
Thank you for your courage and thank you especially for carrying on fighting for the last 33 years, which is far too long. I know that you have been waiting for legislative amendments for a long time. Unfortunately, Bill C‑21 is not yet what is needed, and I know that you would like to see changes.
On the other hand, we have been receiving requests from other groups who would like to dilute certain provisions of the bill. You know as well as I do that the International Practical Shooting Confederation, otherwise known as the IPSC, is asking to be exempted from the national ban on handguns.
Can you explain to us why it would not be a good idea to exempt as many groups as possible? I agree that this would make the ban practically useless.