The intent of the measure is to recover today the sums we were obtaining through the surtax at the beginning of this century.
I must tell you that there are companies that were still paying the surtax until recently, because they were still active in Canada. If those companies stop paying the surtax, but if the excise duty is increased, they could see their products sold for about the same price as in the current market.
That said, with some tobacco or cigarette importers that were not paying the surtax because their production activities were located outside the country, we could expect a potential increase in the price of their products. Thereafter, the decision to pass that increase onto their customers is a decision for each company.
As I said in my presentation, the increase of the excise duty is 53¢ per 200 cigarettes.