Thank you. This is going to be a question for officials.
I note that the legislation that it is seeking to amend draws the distinction between “replica” firearms and “antique” firearms, so it does not apply to antique firearms, as far as I understand it. The definition of an antique firearm is a firearm that was produced before 1898. That seems to be the date.
We received witness testimony, a brief, from the Toronto Artillery Foundation. It operates a number of old, World War II era, post-1898, 25-pounder cannons that are used for public ceremonial purposes. I think these have tremendous value for ceremonies. We have the 21-gun salute here on Parliament Hill as a tourist attraction.
I just want to get some explanation from the witnesses here. Does this impact those 25-pounder...would they be classified as firearms? They wouldn't be given an exemption under “antique”. What is the state of those cannons in this amendment?