Public Safety committee  I agree.

Public Safety committee  I think it's going to be very difficult. I think that some narrow exemptions for Olympic shooters could be entertained. Certainly Germany, which has very strict gun control laws, does have some provisions for sport shooters. I may be training for the Olympic gymnastics team, an

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, again, for the question. I do think that the federal government has to be very careful that it's not seen to be downloading its responsibilities onto the province. We opposed—as did the mayors of large municipalities across the country—the efforts to downlo

Public Safety committee  I think that the government has introduced this legislation in good faith. I think it's true that it's the most significant legislation that has been introduced in the last probably 20 years. However, the opposition parties have a very important role to play in holding their feet

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. Intimate partner violence is something that we really need to look at carefully, because it is a form of violence that is far more frequent in rural communities, where there are more guns in people's homes, just as we see more suicide in rural commun

Public Safety committee  I think that we have to make a choice between hobbies and our children's lives. I see it that starkly, so I think that any exemptions that are provided need to be very narrowly defined. With respect to the Lieutenant-Colonel, IPSC is not a sport that most Canadians and in fact

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. We know that while smuggled guns are a problem and more work is needed to address that—we have recommendations on that as well—a portion of firearms recovered in crime are legally sourced. The Danforth shooting was a legal handgun and the mosque shoot

Public Safety committee  Thanks very much for including me. I'm joining you from the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishinabe, Haudenosaunee, Chippewa, and Wendat peoples. I want to start by thanking you for rescheduling me and allowing me to speak. I will follow up with a wri

Public Safety committee  You're absolutely right. It had a dramatic impact. Our legislation in 1995 had similar impacts, but the trends were reversed when the law was reversed.

Public Safety committee  Why doesn't Heidi go, as she's...?

Public Safety committee  If you look at the successful prohibitions in the U.K. and Australia, they were accompanied by buybacks.

Public Safety committee  Also, remember that the United Kingdom had 30 gun murders last year.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  Thanks very much. My name's Wendy Cukier. I'm the president of the Coalition for Gun Control, which is a network of 200 public safety community organizations and public health groups. I am also the co-author of the book called The Global Gun Epidemic, with the past president of

Public Safety committee  Yes. As I said at the outset, I'm happy to provide a written brief, translated and with the data that I'm citing.