Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his very hard work on this file over the last 15 years.
Rather than provide my own comment, I will go right to what the Canadian Police Association said about this issue:
The Government received a clear mandate from the last election to proceed with their proposed changes to the long-gun registry....We respect the message that voters have sent on this issue.
The CPA has indicated that I have consulted with them regularly on issues affecting public safety and front-line officer concerns. It concludes:
We're quite satisfied with the efforts the government has made to work on behalf of front-line police officers, specifically with respect to the comprehensive justice legislation [Bill C-10] that has been a priority since the last election.
The police are saying that this debate has gone on long enough. Let us get on to substantive issues that actually deal with public safety.