Madam Speaker, I fundamentally disagree with the premise of the hon. member's question.
The issue of it being a registry or not was very thoroughly discussed in the parliamentary committee. I would note the member for Red Deer—Lacombe, a member of the Conservative Party, said in committee, “Everybody at this table agrees that this is not a registry.” That is very clear, on the record, in the committee. Indeed, the committee went a step further and it adopted an amendment. The amendment says:
For greater certainty, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to permit or require the registration of non-restricted firearms.
That is embedded in the law. That amendment was accepted unanimously in the parliamentary committee. It was proposed by a Conservative.
It is abundantly clear that this phony fiction from the Conservatives that this somehow amounts to a registry in any way, shape, or form is completely, utterly, and absolutely false.