Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on Monday my colleague, Mr. McLeod, pointed out that unless Northerners register their firearms by January 1, 2003, they will be breaking a federal law. He also pointed out that there are no longer any places to register firearms in the Territories. The offices in Hay River and Yellowknife have closed. People interested in registering their firearms must call elsewhere, no one knows where, or register through the Internet, again at an unknown site.
There is a huge gap between the law and the support needed to comply with the act.