Françoise Boivin at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

This question is for you both, perhaps more so for Mr. Leckey.

Is cigarette trafficking a plague that is increasing or decreasing? On Tuesday, a woman who testified before us said, if my memory serves me well, that the extent of cigarette trafficking was not high as one would believe. Cigarette manufacturers are those who tend to imply that there is considerable cigarette trafficking because they want to prevent the government from increasing taxes. You get the idea.

I would like to hear your opinion because you work on the ground. From the perspective of border services and the RCMP, has trafficking stabilized? Is it increasing or decreasing?