Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank my colleagues for their comments.
If I may reply to Mr. Julian, who said that my subamendment brings us back to the definition that was suggested in November. That is partly but not entirely true. The definition that was submitted in November talked about a “a firearm that is a rifle or shotgun”. That part has been withdrawn. So it is not the same thing. That definition also spoke of a firearm “that is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner and that is designed to accept a detachable cartridge magazine with a capacity greater than five cartridges of the type for which the firearm was originally designed”. The new definition and the old definition are similar, however.
I would remind my colleague that what I am proposing today is the work of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission. I would also remind him that the minister did say he was open to applying the recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission.
That is all I have to say, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.