Public Safety committee  I will go back, and I have no problem coming forward with some more refined figures.

Public Safety committee  That's an accurate observation.

Public Safety committee  Again, I don't have intimate knowledge of what was said before, so I can't--

Public Safety committee  You'd have to put that to the minister. I can tell you that right now the long gun registry makes up approximately 20% of the workload. You're right about terminals and infrastructure. That's still required. You're still going to have to look after licences and prohibited and res

Public Safety committee  You've put me in an awkward position.

Public Safety committee  The important piece of information in the registry is the licensing. It's people who kill. They use weapons, firearms. The information we're looking for is which individuals have the right to own and possess firearms. When we attend calls, if we have that piece of information, we

Public Safety committee  When it comes to ownership, whether you own a prohibited or restricted weapon or a long gun, you still require a licence.

Public Safety committee  I believe when the commissioner appeared before the committee a few weeks ago he had already mentioned that the organization is in the process of implementing a number of recommendations out of the O'Connor commission. We are constantly looking to improve our performance in all

Public Safety committee  We are constantly looking at best practices around the country and around the world. One of the great things about Canada is that there's a tremendous amount of expertise within the law enforcement community, within public safety organizations, and we partner with them wherever w

Public Safety committee  I cannot speak for the minister, number one. The RCMP took over responsibility for the Canada Firearms Centre on May 17 and we have been working with the ministry from that point. As far as what was stated and what was discussed around the figures before that date, I'm at a loss

Public Safety committee  If we are permitted to keep that information, yes.

Public Safety committee  To the first part of your question, that's correct. About information being discarded, again, we cannot keep any information we just want to keep on any Canadian citizen. There are certain rights and privileges around privacy. If we are not able to maintain that information, then

Public Safety committee  Yes, Mr. Ménard. The key bit of information that's contained in the registry relates to people, where they're located, addresses, and that's part of the licensing program, so it's very important that we have critical information on who is licensed to own and possess a firearm.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Minister. It's hard to give you precise numbers, but the long gun portion of the activity accounts for about 20% of what's done in the registry right now. As Minister Day mentioned, there's quite a comprehensive program on training, on making sure the database on re

Public Safety committee  I would suggest it would be more than that.