Yes. As I said in my response to Mr. Bagnell's question earlier, eliminating the funding will make it more of a burden, not only on my people, but I believe on the government. As we look at the health system, it's going to be more costly, with people coming in and out of the hospitals and health centres and whatnot, due to smoking-related illnesses. I know it's not a very good move to eliminate that. If we can't educate the people about the harm that smoking is doing to their bodies, and it's taking away the funding and we can't get the message out to them anymore, it may seem to these young people that we don't care anymore. And it will continue to be a burden on us.
On October 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.