Madam Speaker, it is certainly beyond me to advise members of the Canadian Alliance. They might not accept my advice in any event.
I spoke at the Canadian Police Association meeting yesterday and I had a very fruitful breakfast meeting with the Canadian Police Association this morning during which time it made its position very clear to me. I am looking at ways in which we can make this system work. I said at the beginning that there were some problems that we had to fix and that we were doing our very best to do that.
However the CPA and an RCMP officer who was at the meeting made it very clear to me that we were not to change the licensing and registry system. We will have to work within those parameters and make the necessary improvements.