Public Safety committee  It kind of caught me by surprise, but, yes, that's happened.

Public Safety committee  We've received no communication from him whatsoever.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. The registry is an important information tool. We have many tools available to us. We have legislation, we have other information databases that we rely on, information that comes from our criminal intelligence gathering, information from our records management system

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  The actual fee structure has very little to do with the efficacy of the licensing system. It's an administrative matter. I frankly don't have a strong opinion one way or the other.

Public Safety committee  I think licensing is extremely important, and the screening of those individuals is extremely important. As to what is the appropriate fee to charge them, I'll leave that to the administrators.

Public Safety committee  I believe the licensing process must remain strong. It has value.

Public Safety committee  And I'll tell you, I make that decision on a daily basis when I run my police services.

Public Safety committee  Let me answer. I believe there is sufficient value in the long-gun registry that I advocate for its retention.

Public Safety committee  No, I have not.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I believe they were provided to the clerk and I have them at the back here. And my most sincere apologies, as some of the resolutions that I have received from the provincial associations have not yet been translated into French. We will undertake to do that for the committe

Public Safety committee  I can't recall any other issue of public safety or public policy in which the police chiefs right across Canada, not just the national association but the provincial associations in urban and rural communities in virtually every region of the country, as well as the police associ

Public Safety committee  No, and I think we should do everything we can to encourage Canadians in their compliance. Rather than just simply abandon the efforts to maintain a registry because some are not complying, we should do everything we can to ensure their compliance, and I believe that's through pu

Public Safety committee  Let me tell you—

Public Safety committee  I can answer it. We invest quite significantly in the gathering of information and making that information available to our officers. Accurate, reliable information makes them more effective and helps keep them safe. So for us, it's not an either/or. A police officer who does no