We certainly can.
However, Minister, again, we said we were going to have constructive dialogue. I didn't once bring up a model or a type of firearm. I'm not talking about that today. I'm trying to figure out how we got here and how much we were told about this misinformation. I think we can all agree that maybe there wasn't quite as much misinformation as people were being led to believe and that there were some facts in people's concerns.
Sir, we heard from many different groups that there was not enough consultation done before these amendments were brought out. I found it very interesting that once the amendments came out and there was a large uproar over them, that....
The amendments were introduced in November 2022. In January 2023, you took it upon yourself—and I saw your social media—to take a tour across Canada. You called that a consultation tour. I find it interesting that the tour was taken after the amendments were taken out.
I'd just like to know if this was really a consultation tour, or was this a sales and promotion tour?