Just to reiterate on the fines that are proposed with these amendments, we do have the necessary authorities and tools available to us to take immediate action to enforce the proposed cost recovery framework for the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. We will not hesitate to use any of the authorities and tools we have available to us to compel the industry to pay the fees or charges under the act.
When we were looking at what fine to put forward in this regard, we were looking at proportionality. Because this is considered more of an administrative piece, we wanted to align it with other administrative types of fines within the TVPA.
It's correct to say there are higher fines within the TVPA that are at $500,000, but those are related more to health and safety provisions.
I just wanted to reiterate that we do have a number of tools available to us to recover the cost recovery fees from the tobacco industry, and we will not hesitate to use any of the tools available to us to ensure that the department does receive its money.
Thank you.