Yes, well, in my view, the funding of the committee, in a sense.... We're here to talk about the crime, and the goal of the coalition...and I wouldn't be involved with it if it were to sell legal cigarettes. My mission, as a former police officer and a father of four, and the coalition's mission, is to raise awareness of the negative impact of the contraband trade on all Canadians. We're victimizing the Canadian taxpayers, hard-working retailers, as we've heard here, and, most significantly, our young people. They're being victimized by organized crime.
On December 3rd, 2013. See this statement in context.