Public Safety committee  That's correct. That was through Bill C-68.

Public Safety committee  It was to create a licensing regime in the Firearms Act and do some transfers of responsibility between the firearms program and the criminal law policy sector.

Public Safety committee  Bill C-68, I believe, was when the categories changed. There was grandfathering at the time—in subclause 12(6), I believe.

Public Safety committee  We can add to our colleague's comments, if you like.

Public Safety committee  If a person is in possession of a firearm and it is prohibited, then the possession and the use of that firearm would be prohibited, unless there was an amnesty or another way that the government would allow the individual to keep it.

Public Safety committee  Are you asking me whether we can add "ou toute?"

Public Safety committee  Yes, we could do that. If it is explained in the regulations, it is correct to write "toute autre autorité compétente."

Public Safety committee  I might start and then turn it over to my colleague. There's no definition in the Criminal Code for a protection order. This would bring a new definition into the Firearms Act for specific purposes. There are varying orders in the Criminal Code. Some are precharge; some are pos

Public Safety committee  I think there are various options. In drafting, the government looked at various options and timelines, but I think it's open to Parliament to choose a time more or less than five years. I understand that five years is common.

Public Safety committee  Can I just add that it would give sufficient time for the new technical definition to be in place. Did I speak out of order? I'm sorry.

Public Safety committee  It would also give sufficient time for the government to see the impacts of the technical definition as well, so within a year of a new definition applying, prospectively. Five years would give more opportunity and more flexibility for the government to examine the impacts of tha

Public Safety committee  It's one review five years after the day on which the paragraph comes into force.

Public Safety committee  The amendment relates to paragraph (e) of the definition of “prohibited firearm”. As I said, there are two paragraph (e)s. One is the unlawful manufacturing of firearms and the other is the technical definition. It would be a review of that definition. How the House of Commons c

Public Safety committee  It's not the parts, necessarily. What this amendment does is provide a transitional provision for illegally manufactured firearms. If someone, for example, manufactured an illegal firearm prior to the coming into force of this provision, it could be non-restricted, restricted or

Public Safety committee  There are two amendments, G-3.1 and G-3.2. Both of them, because of some drafting complications, are paragraphed with (e). “Unlawfully manufactured firearm” in the “prohibited” definition in G-3.1 is proposed paragraph (e), but the new technical definition is also proposed paragr