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Ron McKinnon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $132,686.42

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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Ron McKinnon
  • May/17/23 8:06:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, I know that, in the 42nd Parliament, I believe, the then-minister of public safety and emergency preparedness conducted quite extensive consultations right across the country. He spoke with gun clubs and many people involved in the gun community. I set up a meeting between him and members of my local gun club. In my riding, there is one of the largest outdoor ranges in the Lower Mainland, and I have actually been invited there to shoot on a couple of occasions and quite enjoyed it. I do not know how anybody can afford to do that, because it is pretty expensive. Regardless, I arranged a meeting between them and the former minister. This consultation resulted in the first iteration of Bill C-21, which did not survive that particular Parliament; it was a starting point, however, for this new version of Bill C-21.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Ron McKinnon
  • May/17/23 8:04:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is great to be working with the member on the committee, and I would like to assure her that clause-by-clause is not always this bad and does not always take six months. On the amendments we brought forward in the fall, it became clear, after much debate and much consultation on an ongoing basis, that they needed work, so they needed to be withdrawn and another approach taken. That is what we did. We responded to what people were saying. We listened and we took action so we could move this forward in a positive way.
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