Pursuant to Standing Order 81(14), it is my duty to inform the House of the motion to be addressed Tuesday in studying the business of supply.
The motion reads as follows:
That, as this House supported the reduction of funds for the firearms program in the Supplementary Estimates of December 5, 2002, this House should continue to support the reduction of funds for the firearms program in this supply period and subsequent supply periods until the government can provide a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for the program and provide an accurate total of expenditures to date and a realistic estimate of future costs of implementing the Firearms Act including the total cost:
to fully enforce the Firearms Act;
to verify the 5 million unverified firearms in the registry;
to verify and correct the information in the 4 million records in the Firearms Interest Police database and to bring it into full compliance with the Privacy Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
to register the 10 million unregistered guns in Canada;
to license the half million unlicensed gun owners in Canada; and
to the economy and jobs.
This motion, standing in the name of the hon. member for Yorkton--Melville, is not votable. Copies of the motion are available at the table.
It being 11:05 a.m., the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's Order Paper.