Mr. Speaker, I shall be happy to take it up with the minister. I am certain he is aware of it.
But I do not think we should conclude for a moment that the question of gun control applies uniquely to people trading in munitions or robbing the cornerstore with a handgun or hunters who perhaps might be careless on occasion with a rifle. It pertains to all of that and more and we are taking a comprehensive look at the entire subject.
I do not suggest for a moment, nor have I ever, that the question is narrow. I suggest it is broad. It involves illegal firearms in the country and we should do something about that. It involves criminals using firearms, and we must do more about that. But we cannot forget either that 1,400 people per year lose their lives in this country as a result of firearms, 1,100 by suicides and one-third of those are in the age group of 15 to 22 who perhaps act impulsively on a single episode.
Let us look at the whole question. I will take up that matter with my colleague in cabinet but I shall work away at proposals that deal with the whole question.