Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the minister, the RCMP, and department officials for being here today.
We are here because we are all concerned about intimate partner, gender-based and domestic violence. I also want to provide a quote from the Halifax Regional Police Chief Don MacLean, who said, in fact, this week, “As Police Chief, I believe I have a duty to victims, survivors and all citizens...to support any initiative that can reduce the presence of firearms in our communities.”
We know that violence comes in many forms. Weapons of all kinds are used in such cases, but fatal cases, more often than not, involve serious firearms.
Minister, what do you have to say in response to comments like those of Chief MacLean and other law enforcement agencies and police officers, who are working hard on the front lines each and every day to stop these horrible incidents from happening?