Mr. Speaker, this is an interesting statement made by the hon. member. I do not know if he has been present for the last two and a half years around this place or not.
If the hon. member would recall when the tax on tobacco was lowered, not by 50 per cent I might add, some other comprehensive things were done to mitigate that. There was a health tax. It was the first time any country in the world put on a health tax on tobacco.