Let's just say that I'm not appearing before this committee today to state that we have control over the situation and that there is no problem. Yet, I would not say that we have lost control of this particular situation. There is some distance between the two extremes. The problem is on the rise, which been confirmed by the number of tobacco seizures made in recent years. The document announced by the minister today is an attempt at redeploying efforts specifically with a view of controlling the problem of contraband tobacco.
On May 7th, 2008. See this statement in context.