Mr. Speaker, the Terence Wade report commissioned by the Department of Justice reveals that the handgun registration system is replete with confusion, inconsistencies, non-compliance and mismanagement. Most important, the report reveals how completely useless the handgun registration system has been as an aid to law enforcement agencies and in reducing the criminal use of handguns.
I ask the Minister of Justice why this report, which was available in July, was not tabled with the standing committee on justice, why it was not tabled in the House, and why I was denied access to the report by his officials when I requested it three weeks ago.