Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Hipwell, maybe I'll start with you. As you're very well aware, under Canadian firearms law people are allowed to possess a large-capacity magazine that has been permanently altered. I know that the public safety minister's mandate letter mentions “requiring [a] permanent alteration of long-gun magazines so that they [could] never hold more than five rounds”.
I guess it may be difficult for police officers from external visual inspection to determine whether a large-capacity magazine has been permanently altered, and since it is illegal to hold more than five rounds, wouldn't it make sense from a policy perspective just to ban large-capacity magazines outright so that there is never any question when law enforcement officers are involved in a tense situation?