That's okay. Thank you very much.
Mr. Fortin, I have to agree. I've been waiting for a government definition of “military-style assault weapon” for many years, ever since they did this order in council. There is no such firearm in Canada—none.
What they're trying to say, I believe, is that it's an automatic firearm, a fully automatic firearm that has a large-capacity magazine. All of those were already banned. They were already prohibited in 1977. If we're going to have firearms with full auto-capacity, they're prohibited. If we're going to have firearms with a large-capacity magazine, they're already prohibited. That would be the only thing I could see that would be “military-style assault”. If they're talking about a firearm that looks scary, firearms should never be classified by how they look; they should be classified by what they do.
With all due respect, I can't support this. There is no such definition of this type of firearm existing anywhere in Canada; hence the great concern Canadians had when the government came out with this term without a definition.