Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a number of comments and then some very important questions for the officials, for clarification.
I know that this area, formerly withdrawn amendment G-4 and the list that accompanied that, which has not been brought back—and I appreciate that—caused a lot of turmoil. That was over four or five months ago. It also caused a lot of stress within the hunting community and in the anti-gun community as well.
I just want acknowledge that I recognize that there were threats made to many members of this committee and to officials. I think it's important, as we get into this very important democratic discussion that we were tasked with, which is our duty at this committee, to acknowledge that Conservative members, me included, have not been immune to that abuse and those threats. I understand, on a personal level, how difficult it is for many of us to come to the table and have an honest and democratic dialogue about this.
Mr. Chair, I want to acknowledge that, going forward, it is my goal to ensure that each of us has the opportunity, the freedom and the protection to fight in our corner and to make our points known, but that I fully denounce, as do all Conservative members, any abuse or violence directed towards any members of this committee or any members of government. I just want to be very clear about that.
Going to this definition, I appreciate Ms. Damoff's overview. I appreciate it, and I will get to some questions, but I do want to address a few things that she said.
I appreciate, again, that this is a heated debate or that it has been in the past, but I don't appreciate the allegation that there has been misinformation over the past 24 hours from Conservative members, and I do want to address some misinformation that I think was shared, perhaps by accident, by Ms. Damoff.
Just to be clear, hunting guns take centrefire ammunition. It would be completely inhumane to hunt a deer or anything larger than a deer with rimfire. Centrefire ammunition is extremely common. You cannot hunt a big animal with rimfire, or it would not be humane to do so. That is very standard. I just want to be very clear about that since, again, we are talking about hunting rifles in many cases in this regard.