Mr. Speaker, if the member had been here throughout the debate, as I have been, he would have realized that the government has repeatedly stressed it does not believe that registration is the cure-all or the end-all or even that it will necessarily improve the situation with respect to crime.
The reason we are bringing in legislation, to sum it up for all on the opposition side, is that we want to remind Canadians that guns in Canada are a privilege, not a right as they are in the United States, and as a privilege it must be managed competently and securely in the interest of all Canadians. That is why we are bringing in gun registration.