Thanks, Mr. Boyko.
To Mr. Cunningham, Canadians were saddened by the tragic passing of Heather Crowe these last few days. She was of course an advocate for no smoking in the public workplace. Fortunately, smoking bans are occurring now in our two largest provinces; unfortunately, these smoking bans are uneven across the country.
My particular concern is the fact that on our aboriginal reserves, they have been excluded by certain provinces' smoking bans, certainly by my home province of Manitoba, where Madam Wasylycia-Leis is from as well. People working on reserves in public buildings aren't protected the way the rest of Canadians are. That's one example. The previous government also got in the habit of having the Indian Affairs minister sign off on band council resolutions that allowed smoking in such places as aboriginally owned casinos and on reserve generally.
I'd like you to tell us if your organization has a position on this. I believe it's important that we know your organization's position on this. You know mine.