(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With regard to the issue of gun control, we have been discussing this issue and we talked about it further last week. With regard to the bill, the federal Minister met with us and it seemed like he had understood fully our concerns. Has he done anything to solve these problems, these issues and concerns that we have? With that, Mr. Speaker, we already have a law in place and we are happy with the law. People are not misusing it and abusing it.

But, Mr. Speaker, our constituents will not be able to understand fully, right away, if the bill is put into place. The current law that we have right now, people understand it fully and they try and comply with it to the best of their ability. And we try and keep up with registration whenever it expires. So, with that, Mr. Speaker, we have grave concerns for this new bill. Especially for northerners who are subsistence harvesting.

It will be difficult for our people to try and comply with this law, especially when there are animals and other things that come into our communities that endanger the public. So, we try and keep our guns under control and we try to store them properly, according to the law. If there are any other provisions in the new law that we have to comply with, it will be very difficult for us because we are unique. We have to think about this further and try to solve some of the problems, the issues and the concerns that we have. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.