Madam Speaker, my colleague made an excellent presentation on this very serious issue.
Hugh Nielsen from the Lower Mainland Métis Association said that Bill C-71 “will hit the rural farmer who has to use a firearm. It will hit the first nations who are trying to make a living in remote areas with that firearm, which is a tool for survival. It will hit the ordinary target shooter, but I do not see anybody from the gangs in Abbotsford or Surrey coming through our courses to take the PAL”, which is the personal acquisition licence.
Could the member elaborate on why the Liberals are refusing to target criminals and what a Conservative government would do differently?