Public Safety committee  It's from the femicide observatory.

Public Safety committee  It's based on the data with respect to spousal homicides, looking case by case at the weapon that was used and the circumstances.

Public Safety committee  Stats Canada doesn't have that data or provide that data, because they don't have information on the legal status of the firearm. You have to do a case-by-case analysis to get this information.

Public Safety committee  Chair, I'd be happy to provide the references and the citations to the committee.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I think there has been some misinformation. I think indigenous peoples, unlike other segments of the population, obviously have a right to hunt. One might question whether they have a right to hunt with semi-automatic military-style firearms, but I think it would be prudent

Public Safety committee  There is, as other witnesses have mentioned, less clarity around semi-automatic military-style weapons than there is, for example, around fully automatic weapons, although there have been court cases indicating that even this term is subject to interpretation, and the courts have

Public Safety committee  Sure. As I mentioned, we reviewed the list of the new firearms that will be affected by this definition and identified about 115 or 117 that are currently unrestricted. That means those 117 firearms are perhaps currently used for hunting, because they have not been restricted or

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. My apologies. The test went perfectly and the real performance did not. I represent the Coalition for Gun Control, which, as many of you know, is a network of 200 health care, violence prevention and community organizations that's been working for more than

Public Safety committee  I do think the context is important, because there is a risk that these will be viewed as an alternative, and instead of the police responding in a timely fashion to concerns, people will be directed to the courts, so we're still working on proposed amendments. Some people, as

Public Safety committee  Yes. I co-authored a book called The Global Gun Epidemic with Vic Sidel, who is past president of the American Public Health Association. What it shows is that among industrialized countries, on a global basis, there is a very strong relationship between the availability of firea

Public Safety committee  Certainly IPSC should not be. I'm not familiar with the mounted shooters, but our position is for a very narrow definition restricted to Olympic shooting, with requirements that people demonstrate that they're actually legitimate, and that requires some work.

Public Safety committee  Well, that's my point. I'm a gymnast training for the Olympics. Do I have any chance of being a competitor in the Olympics? No, but I could say that. There are real concerns about that issue. We know that Colten Boushie was killed by someone who said they had a handgun for shoo

Public Safety committee  I think that the obligations on the firearms officer to remove firearms when someone is identified as a risk to themselves or to any other person need to be strengthened. I think that any loopholes with respect to the ban on handguns need to be clarified, for reasons that you've

Public Safety committee  —we need to address those things.

Public Safety committee  As I said, I think the provisions were well intentioned. I do think they're based on the experience in the U.S., which is not relevant to Canada. We already have continuous eligibility checking built into the process. We already have a principle, which is that the firearms office