Mr. Speaker, in listening to the debate and some of the concerns which have been expressed, I am now aware that there are at least three states which have higher taxes on cigarettes than the neighbouring provinces in Canada.
Could the member comment a little bit on the taxes in the United States, the direction they are heading and whether we could co-operate with them in that respect. It is a key issue. I do not know if we can solve this problem by ourselves. We are looking at it in this light and is something which needs to be discussed. We need to co-operate with the authorities and attack the problem in this way.