Mr. Speaker, all the weapons that have been declared prohibited were selected by a committee of experts, by people who know about firearms. We are not talking about members of Parliament here, but experts who know about firearms. These weapons meet all the criteria for military-style assault firearms.
I want to reaffirm our government's commitment to upholding public safety through strict gun control. We are determined to get assault weapons off our streets, limit the devastating effects of gun violence and help make Canada safer.
Assault weapons have no place on our streets. The compensation program for individual owners was recently launched in Cape Breton and will open to the rest of the country in the fall. It will move forward, which is what most Canadians want.