Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Gentlemen, thank you for sharing your expertise with us this morning.
I wanted to start with the Canadian Cancer Society.
There seems to be some confusion about whether the importation of contraband tobacco is going up or down in Canada. The RCMP seizures in recent years appear to be down. But last week, when we were meeting with a representative of the Canada Border Services Agency, he actually pointed out that their seizures for the last three years were 35,000 kilograms in 2011, 148,000 kilograms in 2012, and 192,000 kilograms in 2013. Either they're getting a lot better at intercepting the inflow of this contraband tobacco or there is more of it coming in.
Do either of you have a view? Can you clarify that point for us.