Absolutely. That documentation has already been forwarded to Monsieur Etoka, and it basically contains all that information.
We do know for a fact that if you ban these products, many more, much cheaper, and completely unregulated products, both flavoured and unflavoured, will find their way into the hands of Canadians who are already breaking the law, and especially kids as well. You will be putting tens of millions of dollars into the hands of criminal networks, which, according to the RCMP, are also involved in drugs and weapons trafficking. You'll be putting thousands of people out of work. You will be throwing tens of millions of dollars, if not hundreds of millions of dollars, in government revenue right out the window. You will be providing absolutely no benefit to public health.
Now, in terms of how I justify saying there's absolutely no relevant research, this is not a new issue. Anti-tobacco groups have been going around from province to province, trying to find any unsuspecting government or politician who would propose a government bill or a private member's bill to ban these products. Effectively, I've had the occasion to actually meet with politicians and government departments on this issue. On this issue alone, I have contacted Health Canada a number of times with regard to the lack of relevant research, and we've been requesting that they actually do research.
Quite interestingly enough--