Mr. Speaker, I want to comment on the hon. member's last statement. He wanted to know why the government was not concerned about what other political people in our country might think.
We are very concerned about what our constituents believe. The member knows well, as does most of the members in the House, that for the last five elections, and over the last 11 years, it has been a commitment that this party has made. It is not an agenda that was not laid out clearly before the electorate. My constituents knew when I ran in the election that the long gun registry was one of the platform planks in my rural riding, and will stick to my promise.
It is not about pleasing other political people such as MPs, senators and other politicians. It is about living up to my word to my constituents.
Why has the member, who I am certain has supported getting rid of the long gun registry in the past, backed down from his word as have most of his party?