Finance committee  The tariff was first adopted in 1998-99 as part of, coincidently, Bill C-32. The policy impact statement was vague then. So the purpose of it, for us, has always been questionable. There's no explanation as to what the intended benefits would be, how they would--

Finance committee  No. The benefit would have been to the international distributors on this side of the border.

Finance committee  Well, the market will discipline that. If the prices don't come down, they'll continue to buy them south of the border.

Finance committee  That's inaccurate. Actually, well in excess of 92% or 93% of the books in a typical campus book store are available through Amazon, Chapters online, and a number of others.

Finance committee  That's correct. That's one of the problems we have with the imposition of the tariff as it forces students to go south, and frequently they don't have their books on time to engage in that rigorous university setting.

Finance committee  It generates no revenue whatsoever.

Finance committee  No, the tariff is collected by private interests that extract the 10% or 15%.

Finance committee  None whatsoever.

Finance committee  Yes, that's accurate. It's our best estimate. We don't have as much information or data collected as we would like, but that's an accurate estimate.

Finance committee  Thank you. First, we're not looking for a change to the act. We want the tariff reduced as part of the regs. We want those zeroed out. It's efficient and effective for us to respect the exclusive distribution agreements. I wouldn't see that changing in any way. Rather, it's that

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Chris Tabor and I'm the director of the bookstore at Queen's University at Kingston. I'm here today on behalf of Campus Stores Canada, the national trade association of institutionally owned and operated campus stores. We have almost 100 member stores na