Public Safety committee  It's to provide them an exemption so they can protect their assets and can have possession of and carry prohibited—

Public Safety committee  That's correct—a side arm, or a prohibited or restricted firearm. Because they're not governed by the Firearms Act, they don't need a licence or a registration certificate for those firearms. That allows them to carry and use those in the protection of their assets.

Public Safety committee  That's correct. It's for the security only.

Public Safety committee  I could. I just worry about giving information related to the bank and the mint in testimony, so I would say—

Public Safety committee  Yes. It's a C8, I believe—a carbine. They use those in the protection of their assets. It's a carbine. Previously, I believe...military C8.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  It's just the Bank of Canada as a federal entity. It's not all banks. It's just that one.

Public Safety committee  They are carrying them now. They are covered under the current amnesty order under one of the paragraphs that allow them to continue to use them to protect assets. They have been continually able to use them under the amnesty order now to help protect assets.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I believe so.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Clause 12 will add persons employed by the Bank of Canada or the Royal Canadian Mint responsible for the security of its facilities to the “public officers” provisions in the Criminal Code. It will allow them to be exempt from the requirements of the Firearms Act and the related

Public Safety committee  That's a good question. I'm not sure about provincial employees and if they have peace officer status, but this is for public officers. These are exemptions for federal entities in the scope of their employment or duties. It's for federal employees. The sections that are in th

Public Safety committee  We can get that for you.

Public Safety committee  “[W]here the justice is satisfied” is in the law now. I think the English version on the left side of the page, “if the justice”, is an updated drafting convention. Currently, we have “where the justice”. I think “if the justice” is the current drafting language. I think we'd ne