Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the primary issue that we ran into was with the amendments to the bill. The initial Bill C-21, it spoke to handguns, making efforts to reduce family violence with red and yellow flag laws, and things like that. The amendments are what introduced a number of rifles that were not prohibited previously. So we don't even know in the territory how many of these rifles are out there. We've made some estimates but there could be thousands of rifles in the territory that were affected by that bill. One model is the SKS. That seems to be the most popular one. And so just that alone is one gun that we don't want to see prohibited. I can't say the same for all of the other rifles on there. But we are doing our best to ensure that any rifles that are used for hunting by Indigenous people and Northerners don't make it back on that list. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Question 1322-19(2): Bill C-21 Status
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Question 1322-19(2): Bill C-21 Status
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