Public Safety committee  Yes. Earlier, IPSC was referred to as a hobby, and I don't really see it as a hobby. Most of the people who are shooting in IPSC are fully dedicated. Some spend up to 10 or 15 hours a week. They go to the range weekly. There's a lot of camaraderie, and certainly we all look after

Public Safety committee  We do have the maintenance. Currently we do monitor who is shooting and whether they're still active and they have to go. I wouldn't see any problem if we had to do something in the regulations that monitored that in order to keep our sport in existence. Maybe the CFOs would be i

Public Safety committee  That would be an issue of trust, but through the regulations, as we currently have them, you can't just start shooting at IPSC. You have to take the black badge course and maintain a certain amount of participation to maintain it. If you do not participate for two years, you lose

Public Safety committee  Every section in Canada is responsible for their members, so that would be mostly every province. Every province keeps a database on who participates and monitors it. If you go past the two-year mark, you would get a notice and you would be able to recertify. If you don't recerti

Public Safety committee  Not as a rule. They may sponsor the nationals and they may sponsor a prize or two, but there's no direct funding to the athletes. There are prizes at the international and national competitions, but not very much.

Public Safety committee  I'd like to see Bill C-21 not take place at all, but if it is going forward, as it seems it is, we would like to have IPSC added under proposed paragraph 97.1(b)(i) as equal to the Olympics and Paralympic sports.

Public Safety committee  I can only speak to the idea of C competitors, but at the World Shoot, the U.K. always has a team, as does Northern Ireland. We have a gentleman from the U.K. who comes to Canada to shoot, and he has explained their laws. The handgun ban isn't complete in the U.K. The Channel Is

Public Safety committee  I'll start.

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. I would like to start by thanking the committee for the opportunity to present today. I'd also like to introduce my co-presenter, who is there in person, Medha Russell. She's a long-time competitive athlete and a six-time Canadian national champion. I am present