Mr. Speaker, I inform the hon. member with regard to a few of her earlier comments that she was incorrect in saying the government was not concerned with law enforcement. We are very concerned with law enforcement. That is one of the main reasons behind the bill.
The RCMP commissioner has told the government that we needed to take action and that is what this plan is. It is action so that we can have law enforcement in the country.
I remind the hon. member that this problem started long ago. When we came upon the scene a short 100 days ago, this government was faced with a momentous problem. It was not a small problem and it was not something that just started. It is something that has been going on for years. We are taking action. We are addressing the problem.
Second, I also remind the hon. member that we are concerned with the deficit and that is why we are taking action. We are losing over a billion dollars because of smuggled cigarettes. There are 75 million cartons being smuggled back into Canada. That is a serious problem that needs to be addressed and that is what the government is doing.
Does the hon. member not believe that spending an additional $185 million in health is not a good idea, is not the idea behind education or is not an idea to promote the awareness of the problems with smoking? Is that not a concrete answer to some of the problems raised by the health groups? This government looked at the whole package.
We looked at the effect of lowering the tax. We looked at the concern from the health groups. We put together a whole package. I would like the hon. member's comments.