Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. I'm just having a momentary memory block.

Foreign Affairs committee  No problem.

Foreign Affairs committee  Certainly, Mr. Breitkreuz. The U.S. position in regard to the arms trade treaty has not been fully declared. In looking back at previous references, Ambassador Bolton testified to the United Nations last time that the United States would entertain absolutely no measures whatsoev

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you on a matter of such great concern for over two million Canadians. My name is Tony Bernardo. I'm the acting executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association. I

Public Safety committee  That's a good question, because nobody has ever made that case. No one has ever said how you get from point a to point b. The case wasn't made when the bill was introduced and it has never been made, from then until now. Criminals still have firearms. Our police friends see this

Public Safety committee  Yes, realistically, you would have to spend at least the same amount of money, and possibly more. Part of the presentation in terms of the relationship between firearms owners and police was on the whole breakdown of trust between the firearms owners of Canada and officialdom, pe

Public Safety committee  They don't put you in jail for not registering your dog; it's just such a bogus argument. We register cars, okay? What impact has the registration of cars had on impaired driving? Zero. Licensing? Sure. You can take away somebody's licence, but you don't take away their car regis

Public Safety committee  No, of course not.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I'll describe the whole process. First of all, when any firearm comes into Canada, right out of the gate it has to be registered with the chief registrar of firearms. All imports and all newly manufactured firearms in Canada still need to be registered.

Public Safety committee  Yes. Section 60 of the act says that any firearm coming into Canada must be recorded with the chief registrar as to the firearm, the type, the serial number, the date it entered the country, and its legal status as it comes into the country. That firearm then goes to a dealer's i

Public Safety committee  I don't think so. I think it's an inventory control.

Public Safety committee  That green book has been the status quo for at least 30 years; I mean, it's a long time that the green book has been there. It's still there now, to this day. Even with the registration, merchants still have to do that; they have to maintain that book. Now, they also have to, by

Public Safety committee  Four years in jail.

Public Safety committee  No, that's absolutely false, because of course the store owner has to enter the firearm into his inventory. For example, let's say you had to trace a Remington firearm. You call Remington. It says it shipped that firearm to the distributor on a certain date. The distributor has

Public Safety committee  Oh yes, absolutely.