Well, one change has taken place, although it's not yet implemented. For example, I mentioned my fear, coming out of my policing career, of getting a restraining order in the case of my daughter. Under Bill C-21, there is a new provision in the law that says if an abuser or harasser of a woman—or it could be of a male in some cases—gets a restraining order, the chief firearms officer will be compelled by the court to do a search to see if that person has a licence or any guns, and the guns will be immediately forfeited or turned in. The problem is, as I said, that public safety is still working on all these concurrent priorities. Women may think that this piece has been implemented when, in fact, it's not yet in place.
The red flag laws under Bill C-21 are for a very limited time. They're only for 30 days. They're emergency risk orders, so they're very short. With a restraining order now, once it's implemented, that means that the gun licence suspension and the revocation of the guns will be for the duration of the restraining order, which could be as long as two years.
As I mentioned, my daughter was very reluctant to disclose the suicide threats. She finally did confide in me about one. To my dying day, I will regret that I didn't overrule my daughter, but I told her that we had to either call his parents or call the OPP. At that point, I'd just had it. My daughter was terrified because she said that he'd then get his guns seized—which would have happened—but that he could apply to get them back. He could appeal to get them back after 30 days. Furthermore, he could get an illegal gun anywhere else.
However, as I said before at the public safety committee, in the case of his legal guns that he owned, the law didn't have to make it easy for him to get those.