Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a couple of quick questions as we move along here. I think it was touched on a little bit earlier, but I will admit that I missed the point.
I need some clarification, and we're going to stick to the amendment here because that's what we're asked to do.
Regarding this amendment that defines prohibited firearm, I've already voiced my concerns that I don't think that it was very well written. I'm not going to go through that again.
What confuses me is that, if this is such a great definition of a prohibited firearm and this is the way forward and not going retroactively, at the same time, the public safety minister announced that there would also be a firearms advisory committee that will determine future bans of firearms that are presently owned by law-abiding Canadian gun owners.
If we have this definition and if we have this amendment that we've all talking about here now for hours and hours, why do we need it and what does this firearms advisory committee going to do when set up?
Perhaps someone on the extra panel could brief me on that.