Mr. Speaker, many witnesses who testified at the standing committee on justice with regard to firearms registration said many times that a registry of firearms is certainly not going to prevent crime in any substantive way. The Conservative Party supports proper control of firearms and their proper use, but we think this expense of $85 million referred to by the government is low. We hear rumours of a potential for maybe $500 million.
In the House of Commons on June 9th, 1998. See this statement in context.