Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I'll speak briefly, again, because we have 160-odd pages of amendments, and I know that now that we're back on the rails, given, as I mentioned earlier, the issue around ghost guns, we have to proceed in an effective way.
I will be supporting this amendment, not only for the reasons that Ms. Damoff cited—the Mass Casualty Commission made strong recommendations in this regard—but also because of an issue that the NDP has raised in the House around the issue of manufacturers not being subject to a tight regime around approval and classification. Manufacturers and importers, as we heard in our questioning of witnesses who came from the ministry, aren't subject to an ironclad process right now. The companies can classify firearms in their own way. That's not appropriate given that such a loophole can lead to abuse, either inadvertent or conscious.
I'll be supporting the technical amendment because it helps close those loopholes. That's very important.
These amendments around ghost guns crack down on criminals. This amendment subjects manufacturers and importers to a regime that is tighter, and it ensures that they have to go through a due process. That is a shift away from saying to responsible gun owners that the focus of the bill will be on them. I think that's an important element to retain as we go through the discussions of these amendments—that if we're looking to tighten the rules, manufacturers and importers are a part of that, as is, certainly, cracking down on criminals.
I'll be supporting this amendment.