Thank you.
In looking at the bill, we don't see a lot in there, and yet this has been holding up the good work of this committee for quite some time. As you know, there are about four or five inches' worth of amendments on Bill C-21 that we still have to do, as well as clause-by-clause study. There are only two months left, Minister, and you've made us wait six weeks. You also have two other bills in the chamber waiting to come to this committee.
That's not to mention that there has been a 32% increase in violent crime, as you are well aware, since your government took office seven years ago. Of that crime, less than half of one percentage point is committed by long guns, and yet your government chose to divide Canadians with the amendments that you've recently withdrawn.
It's really not clear to me what Bill C-21 is going to accomplish. Reasonably, I think we can understand if you would withdraw this bill. I'm just wondering, to conclude, if that's part of your plan, Minister.