Foreign Affairs committee  I never suggested that. As far as I'm concerned, I think that Canada's going to sign on to the treaty, so I'm just raising the issue here at this point because it is a possible concern for the future. Mr. Farrant raised issues of possible concern for the future. CSSA is doing th

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, definitely. There is also, Mr. O'Toole, an automatic firearms country control list, which is even more specific as to which countries are considered acceptable and which countries are not considered acceptable. It definitely goes along with that. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  It would depend on the wording of the exclusion and the final version. I'm sure this is going through clause-by-clause consideration, third reading, and so forth, so there are going to be other changes. I think we'd wait and see, but anything that would support what we've present

Foreign Affairs committee  It would depend on the wording of whatever's being included. If the concerns are not addressed, our members would feel a bit let down, to put it very mildly. They would raise their concerns with the minister's office and with the committee. Other than that, it would depend on wha

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to reiterate that, in our opinion, Canada's rules and regulations, as I mentioned in the presentation, far exceed those of most other countries. We're at the top of the list. Also, as has been said in this committee before, we've had them fo

Public Safety committee  I'll start first. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for inviting us to appear before you today. My name is Steve Torino. I'm president of Canadian Shooting Sports Association. From 1996 to 2006 I chaired the national advisory committee on firearms to the mi

Public Safety committee  As I said, I chaired the committee for ministers of justice from 1996 to 2006 for the Liberal government and for the next nine years for the Conservative government. Whether our policies were all accepted or not, our credibility was completely accepted, because we never told any