Mr. Speaker, the firearms bill has been receiving a very rocky ride. Four provinces and two territories are contesting it constitutionally in the courts.
Now we understand at least part of the reason. It is because the justice minister's own consulting group, the Firearms User Group, is telling the minister that this bill will greatly increase the black market trade in firearms of all types.
Can the minister explain how her firearms bill is going to increase crimes in terms of firearms smuggling and black marketing instead of decreasing it? How can she explain this?