Public Safety committee  Was it the the Conservative government?

Public Safety committee  It's the same as with any other evidence. We're going to keep on looking, absolutely. We don't depend 100% on any tool that we have at our disposal. As a police officer, you make absolutely sure; in a case like the one you've just provided, you will continue to search, but it's a

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. In fact, there's one example I provided in the package to the committee as well. It's about a specific scenario such as the one you indicate. A family believed that the father, who was suicidal, only had 13 guns, but the reality was that he had 21 guns. It was only th

Public Safety committee  The reality is that when you attend as a police officer at a residence and you have access to the registry, it makes a significant difference whether the residence has one weapon or 15 weapons or 30 weapons.

Public Safety committee  No, they wouldn't.

Public Safety committee  The gun registry issue is one of the many issues that we have as one of our priorities--

Public Safety committee  It was not one of the top three.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Yes, okay.

Public Safety committee  It wasn't a survey dealing with our priorities.

Public Safety committee  No. That survey basically came from last year's strategic planning sessions, which didn't include--

Public Safety committee  We have 29 board members around the board table. Those active police officers all represent different groups right across Canada, from Vancouver to Winnipeg to Toronto to Halifax.

Public Safety committee  Those presidents in turn--and I believe there was a question from Mr. Holland earlier--are elected by their members at large.

Public Safety committee  It's not my business to do that.