Mr. Speaker, I have petitions signed by people throughout Ontario. The petitioners point out that as of January 1, thousands of Canadians, through no fault of their own, possess unregistered firearms. Any individual now who tries to register a firearm is exposed to federal prosecution.
There have been conflicting statements from the Minister of Justice and the Canadians Firearms Agency regarding the threat of prosecution, which is only adding to the confusion. It is recognized that 9 out of 10 provinces as well as the MPs, Senators and the Auditor General all agree that the firearms registry is out of control.
Therefore, the petitioners call upon Parliament, the Department of Justice and the Government of Canada to call an immediate amnesty for all unregistered firearms or, in the absence of an amnesty, scrap the firearms registry completely.