Public Safety committee  It could be. Bill C-71 doesn't change the criteria that are considered. It would only change the mandatory time frame within which they must be considered. One of those mandatory criteria is whether a person has been convicted of an offence during the commission of which violence

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure of that right now. We can check that for you and come back in the second hour.

Public Safety committee  The bill proposes that police would be provided with an additional tool in their tool kit to undertake the forensic tracing of firearms, specifically knowing at the point of sale the purchaser of the firearm.

Public Safety committee  That's right. Bill C-71 doesn't change those criteria, but the criteria that are there, that could be related to gang activity, would include the commission of an offence involving violence; the commission of trafficking offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, na

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  From obtaining a firearms licence, yes.

Public Safety committee  The safety outcome provides police with one more tool, or one more piece of information, in their ability to challenge, if you will, someone as to where they are travelling in the community with a restricted or prohibited firearm. Rob may have more detail on that.

Public Safety committee  There's nothing in the bill that changes the criteria that already exists in the Firearms Act in section 5 about the overriding public interest purpose of who is eligible to be licensed, and in subsection 5(2) about what is being considered. The only change is from a mandatory fi

Public Safety committee  The criteria in the current act are very specific. It is not just for individuals who may have had mental health problems. It's very specific, concerning those who are “treated for a mental illness, whether in a hospital, mental institute, psychiatric clinic or otherwise...that

Public Safety committee  Again, the criteria as presented in the act don't specifically say that a single instance of mental illness does not permit someone to ever own a firearm. It's simply one of the things that has to be considered in the context of whether they are eligible. As for serving members

Public Safety committee  For the average owner of a non-restricted firearm, very little changes. The bill does not re-establish a registry. It does not change there being no requirement for an authorization to transport for a non-restricted firearm, and there's no change to what persons can own as a non-

Public Safety committee  I'm not aware....

Public Safety committee  Bill C-71 would impose on the vendor the obligation to check that a licence remains valid. There also remains in the Firearms Act the offence of acquiring a firearm without the proper valid licence to do so. Bill C-71 doesn't touch that.

Public Safety committee  Twenty years is identified as an international best practice among various countries that Canada does trade with.

Public Safety committee  June 30 was chosen to provide a certain period of notice to owners and vendors of these firearms before the legal status of them would change. It provides time for people who may own the firearm to decide whether they wish to remain an owner of the firearm, whether they wish to c