Public Safety committee  Under the current legislation, if an individual wishes to acquire a firearm, they must first confirm the purpose for which they want that firearm. There are two general purposes: one would be for target shooting; the other would be as part of a collection. If an individual were

Public Safety committee  I would say, generally speaking, in the case of all those transportation authorities that they proceed by the most direct route from the point of origin to where it is that they are going during normal business hours.

Public Safety committee  Generally speaking, unless I misunderstood your question sir, if they were going to the range from their home, they would transport that firearm in a secured case, presumably in their vehicle.

Public Safety committee  They're the only ones identified under these new clauses, which would form part of section 12 under Bill C-71.

Public Safety committee  I don't know if I can answer.

Public Safety committee  I don't believe the legislation is suggesting a reclassification. The legislation is suggesting or is putting forward the notion of removal of deeming of a firearm and that the initial determination prior to 2015 remain.

Public Safety committee  I think I understand the question you're asking. Should Bill C-71 not advance, the deeming status of these firearms would remain; and these firearms would remain deemed as non-restricted or restricted depending on barrel length. They could not arbitrarily be reclassified as somet

Public Safety committee  I'm not exactly sure. I don't think a classification is being put forward in this legislation. My understanding is the legislation is simply removing the deeming of these firearms as being something other than prohibited

Public Safety committee  Yes, they are.

Public Safety committee  I can't speak to the question of a trade challenge. I can tell you that the firearms by these particular manufacturers would not be treated differently. It would not prejudice the classification determinations for any other firearms manufactured by either of these companies.

Public Safety committee  If a firearm is being brought into the country, a determination of classification is made by the Canadian firearms program based on Criminal Code definitions. This allows the registrar of firearms to register that firearm when somebody chooses to import that firearm. It is the C

Public Safety committee  Well—

Public Safety committee  Bill C-71 does not change the role of the Canadian firearms program as it relates to determinations of classification. In fact, nothing is being given back to the RCMP. The Canadian firearms program, which is part of the RCMP, but not a law enforcement entity, has always had the

Public Safety committee  I cannot speak to the political intent behind why these were included, which was your question. However, the reason these specific firearms are at issue is that prior to Bill C-71, they were determined to be prohibited firearms. As to why these firearms and not the firearm that y

Public Safety committee  Sir, maybe I can provide an answer to the questions you're looking at. These firearms were imported into Canada, the CZ was first imported in 2005, the Swiss Arms was first imported in 2001. The firearms when imported were believed to be non-restricted and the determination of c