As the map pointed out, on the Canadian portion we don't have illegal shacks in our community. Our cigarette sellers are regulated through the quota system.
As far as responsibility, three-quarters of the time our police are not given recognition for the work they do as partners with the RCMP and the other 10 law enforcement agencies—however many there are, they are numerous—that surround our community. They work hand in hand. I have statistics from our police department on some of their investigative involvement from April 2005 to April 2007 pertaining to cigarette seizures.
I was not sure when I was speaking whether I'd be able to get in this information in 10 minutes. But it's important to note that we take this responsibility seriously. Keep in mind that it is regulated on the U.S. portion. So we have internal mechanisms that we recognize. On the U.S. portion, the cigarettes are being regulated and the stamps are put on them. Where they go after they leave the American portion--they were legal.
When they come back across the border into Canada, it puts our police who live in our community between a rock and a hard place, forced to enforce Canada's laws against our own people. They are involved in the apprehension and seizure of contraband tobacco. It's frustrating, because we don't have the resources to help even further with the external police agencies.