Public Safety committee  It is something we're certainly conscious of, but we're not seeing it in the volume we are with other issues. As that technology evolves, it's something for us to keep an eye on. It is something we're very much aware of.

Public Safety committee  It's the obliteration of serial numbers, for example, where we're not able to recover the serial number—lack of markings, effectively. The criminal element takes opportunities to obliterate serial numbers from time to time, and we're not able to restore them.

Public Safety committee  For us, it's 86% of all criminal handguns—

Public Safety committee  Oh. I would suggest that for the 14% that's left, the vast majority will likely be American. There might be some Canadian. I can't say that's not the case. We've seen that, but we know that the United States continues to be the issue.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I would say the success may be quantitative, in terms of the number of guns turned in. That may have made some tangible difference in collecting guns that otherwise were unsafely stored in attics or behind walls in the basement, but when it comes to the use of criminal handguns a

Public Safety committee  One of the key focus points we are engaged on is investing in our neighbourhood community officers. It's not as simple as placing an officer there. It's a lot more than that. We need the knowledge, skills and abilities in our police officers to work in those communities and to un

Public Safety committee  I don't think that would necessarily solve the health issue that people are struggling with in their addictions. We need to get to the root issues, as was mentioned by others today, as they relate to why people are addicted. Safe supply and wraparound services are all part of tha

Public Safety committee  I do not believe it would be an effective tool.

Public Safety committee  I would not suggest it was effective for gun policy. The City of Toronto's experience is that guns that are being used in crime are not from law-abiding citizens. They're guns being smuggled from the United States. Those engaged in handling those firearms are not law-abiding, lic

Public Safety committee  If that's directed to me, I would suggest that one of the key elements is, again, information and intelligence to understand the relationships that exist in the prisons, to disrupt the ability of gangs to exert their influence within the prison system. It's the ability to underst

Public Safety committee  There are a few things. First of all, the amount of ammunition available to illegal gun users is extraordinary, so each of those shell casings represents a projectile that flew in our city. That does not account for the use of revolvers, which don't produce shell casings at the c

Public Safety committee  To start, as we have just touched on, it would be efforts to get at the front end or upstream of what leads young people to pick up a firearm in the first place. That we've covered. As it relates to some policing efforts, I think there certainly is a need, as we've touched on, fo

Public Safety committee  I'll address what you just addressed around where the guns that are harming our communities are coming from. They're not domestically sourced. They are internationally sourced. Our problem in Toronto is handguns from the United States. Investing in what you described is certainl

Public Safety committee  When it comes to the gun violence the city's experiencing, I can tell you that we are seeing more guns being fired and the discharge of firearms in public spaces, not in people's homes and not in confined spaces. It's difficult to draw a clear line between what is a gang shooting