Health committee  We don't print anything. We supply the tooling to the printers, but we do supply probably 98% of the legal tobacco trade.

Health committee  No, there is really no other available capacity. There are four engraving shops in Canada; we're the largest one. We engrave about 90% of the Canadian cylinders. The three other companies specialize either in wall coverings, floor coverings, pool liners, or decorative work. They

Health committee  We were asked to give input on the execution and timeline and management of this process. We gave our advice. It's not been heeded to date, but we gave our opinion, and that's why I'm here again today. As I say, our position is not about the efficacy of the warnings or anything t

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  No. I explained before that 25% of our gravure business is through tobacco packaging; 75% is for general packaging--candy and chip packets, beer labels, you name it. We do all the different types of packaging through that process. One part of our business is gravure-intensive, an

Health committee  Typically it takes 10 years to amortize a piece of machinery. You're talking about six months' volume, and then there's no work to come in afterwards, so no, we're not going to go out and invest in that. It's not a smart investment. To train people, we run a three-year apprentic

Health committee  I'm flattered.

Health committee  That's not my opinion. I didn't write it. I'm here to give you my professional opinion, and that's my professional opinion.

Health committee  Twelve months is what I'm looking for to keep the print business in Canada. The health warning change is happening in the U.S., so capacity in the U.S. isn't going to be there.

Health committee  No. The American companies are putting their legislative changes in place. They are following Canada's lead and putting graphic packages on there, but the capacity is going to be built up in the U.S., and there's going to be no extra capacity. As I mentioned, it's a capital-inte

Health committee  It's not a surprise, but I don't have the working materials, and until I have the working materials I can't do anything. We don't have any of the art files, anything to actually start the process with, so I can't start. I can prepare, and I have prepared, and we have ramped up be

Health committee  Good afternoon, everybody. My name is David Haslam. I'm senior vice-president of operations for Southern Graphic Systems Canada. I'll give you a brief introduction to what we are as a company, what we do, and how we fit into this. SGS has 375 employees in Canada. We're deployed