Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing your expertise here with us this morning.
Inspector Cormier, I was struck by a number of things you said in your opening comments. You mentioned that criminal organizations are “exploiting” first nations communities and that there are “violence and intimidation tactics” associated with illegal tobacco that are also being imposed on or carried out against people in first nations communities.
First of all, can you tell us who the criminal organizations are that you're referring to? Are they the common names that we would understand as being associated with the types of criminal organizations that are involved in these kinds of activities? Can you describe for us some of the violence and intimidation tactics you were referring to?