I for one was very interested in what Mr. Blois had to say. A Liberal perspective from rural Canada is an increasingly rare thing to hear these days in the halls of Parliament. I thought hearing something like that would have been a very interesting thing. Unfortunately, the Liberal Party muzzled their own member and wouldn't let him speak, but we are where we are.
This is not a move about public safety. I understand the Danforth families and I feel for them. Ms. Damoff was correct. It was a legal firearm in the hands of a killer, and it was stolen from a gun-shop, but we have an epidemic of smuggled firearms on the street. If it hadn't been a gun stolen from a gun-shop, it would have been a gun smuggled in from the United States. These criminals are determined to get these firearms, and despite our best efforts they are getting them, and more needs to be done.
Mr. Chair, am I able to offer my time to Mr. Blois?