It is going to fight crime too.
Unfortunately, I only have ten minutes. If the hon. member comes to the committee and listens, he will hear that, if he has
not understood it already. This is going to be a cost factor where those who register, starting in January of 1996, will not pay anything for their possession certificate initially and the cost will increase in a moderate fashion throughout the five-year period. When the five-year renewal period comes around, there will be a cost of approximately $60 per person for the renewal.
The registration cost will not be $100 per firearm, as has been stated by many members in the House. It will be $10 per firearm, and for that $10 the person will be able to register 10 firearms. That is a significant difference from what we have been told by members opposite.
I also want to say that this bill will fight crime. If members opposite do not know that now, they should make a point of looking at the statistics to realize that.