Public Safety committee  The Mr. Benabdallah before you comes from a mosque; the Mr. Benabdallah before you Is saying that we don't want the tragedy that occurred to ever happen again. However, Mr. Benabdallah is not a technical expert in this area. If you were to ask me questions about forestry, I coul

Public Safety committee  It's a memory that continues to haunt us, year after year. The killer who went to the mosque had an arsenal, including several handguns and an assault rifle. When the assault rifle jammed, he used the handguns. The 48 bullets fired killed six people. One victim, who is still in

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, I'd like to begin by mentioning that we have here today a representative of the Polytechnique community, Mr. Serge St‑Arneault. I represent the Quebec City

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Your questions are opportune. These two points were included in the 10 proposals I made on behalf of mosques, namely, including assault weapons and accelerating the process as much as possible. That is what we want, you know that, and we are reiterating it. I complet

Public Safety committee  Among the eight remaining recommendations is the one that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Price supported, regarding the prevention framework. We consider it insufficient. The government has the duty to establish strong prevention programs, with local organizations that know what to do. As t

Public Safety committee  Okay, that is right.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for your forbearance with this delay. I was not able to connect properly. Of course, we are still dinosaurs when it comes to new technologies. That said, for more than five years, I have been involved with the Quebec mosque, which has suffered hor

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. Our goal has remained the same since I appeared before this committee last year and for the past two years. We believe that assault weapons should be automatically bought back. We should not rely on the goodwill of the people who own them. All firea

Public Safety committee  If you accept our recommendation for this bill that more weapons of war, assault weapons, be prohibited, classified and eliminated, we will all be winners. That is why we came here. When he came in to kill those people, what did he start with? He started with a war weapon, which

Public Safety committee  In reply to that question, if it were put to the Muslims of the city of Quebec, who recently had to deal with this situation, I would say that the classification is important to technicians in that field. You are asking us about that, and some people might reply in a more detaile

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting us here today. I am the President of the Centre culturel islamique, or Islamic cultural centre, which was founded in 1985. I have been in Canada for 50 years. I grew up in this peaceful, harmonious country, but i