Most of the time the RCMP comes out with press releases showing that they seized actual runners purchasing these products in large quantities on the reserves and distributing them across the provinces. That's a big problem, but the thing, for us, is that spending much of the resources trying to intercept the runners is not, in our opinion, an effective way of dealing with the contraband problem.
If they get caught, they get caught, which is why we've been advocating dealing with the source of the problem. In our opinion, that would be much more effective. We know where the sources are. We've been proposing measures that would address the issue outside the reserves by blocking off the supplies of raw materials to these illicit manufacturers. We believe that would be the much better strategy to deal with this issue, instead of going after just runners, who are going a little bit everywhere. The RCMP even testified in front of the Standing Committee on Health that they don't have the resources to go after all the runners with their products.