Thank you.
I just want to reiterate that it was raised to me by a number of advocacy groups that because protection orders are usually decided on a consent basis, introducing this could have a negative consequence in terms of making people fight these protection orders at court and making it a much more adversarial process than it needs to be.
Generally, I think we should trust the discretion of our chief firearms officers and our able civil servants, who obviously would have an interest in protecting the public and ensuring that people who are truly a danger to society don't have access to possession and acquisition licences. I think that this is a positive amendment that everyone can get behind.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.