Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the constituents of Okanagan—Coquihalla who are very interested in the member's speech.
I have heard a lot of claims from the Liberals but now they are claiming that Bill C-68 will end the proliferation of guns. That is very interesting because thousands of people are on the lawn today who are law-abiding citizens. They are not smugglers. They are not illegally bringing guns into the country. However, if there is a problem with proliferation of guns coming illegally into the country, that should be dealt with in a legal manner. They should go after the criminals instead of the law-abiding citizens.
What is the Liberal government planning on doing? Is it planning to run ads in gun smugglers weekly magazine suggesting that smugglers run to the local police station to register their illegal firearms? That will not happen. This legislation is a waste of taxpayers' time and money.
The member mentioned penalties. Let's talk about them. For not registering a gun under Bill C-68 the maximum sentence is 10 years for one of those law-abiding citizens out on the lawn—