One in five Canadians is directly affected by respiratory disease, for a total of six million Canadians, which is huge. If I asked how many people sitting at this panel know someone with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or lung cancer, and asked you to raise your hands, all hands would be raised. So it's prevalent throughout all ridings, and it's an extremely important issue.
On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.