Mr. Speaker, the licensing provisions, as members know, will be retained. I think it is important that the public know that these will be retained.
These provisions ensure that the people who have received the licence have gone through training, a safety course, so they know how to use and respect a firearm. Background checks are also made to ensure that they are mentally stable and do not have a criminal record. This is done in the interests of the general public. Those provisions are there; the protections are there.
What we are not going to continue to do is go after hunters and farmers, treating them like criminals the way the previous government did.