Health committee  If I may, I regret the fact that the retailers are not being heard here today. There are 24,000 convenience stores across Canada that have been working hard and making sure they're compliant in terms of age restriction. I think if I'm not mistaken, the compliance rate now in conv

Health committee  As far as I know, it's part of their training. It's part of their employment. A lot of chains now are signing contracts with them and informing them that they've been through this program, and if they are caught selling to minors they will be fired on the spot. That's part of the

Health committee  It reflects very much what our position is. I would say, though, that by banning these flavours.... As in the case we made earlier, with this volume of business.... We are looking at 400 million sticks, these flavoured cigarillos, now being on the market--up from 50 million. But

Health committee  I would leave that to the tribunal.

Health committee  It has nothing to do with that.

Health committee  Well, these products, first of all, have been hidden from view for over a year now, okay? When you have kids walking around the streets or selling these products in schoolyards, backyards, or whatever you want, why don't we ban possession for kids? It would help us a lot more tha

Health committee  It's an accessibility issue, Madame.

Health committee  It's an accessibility issue, Madame, it's not—

Health committee  What? This is not from our company.

Health committee  We're not HBI.

Health committee  A minimum transaction price has been established for tobacco sales. What is being recommended here is that the federal government set a minimum transaction price for the sale of tobacco products. As a result of this legislation, unit sales of these products fell to zero in the s

Health committee  We may have a problem with that. Our products are made in the U.S., so it may be a problem for us, obviously. It's not made in Canada.

Health committee  I thought we had seven minutes per person.

Health committee  Can I use my colleague's time?

Health committee  Oh. I appreciate your patience. Let me wind up very quickly with my recommendation, but just before that, I think there's a very important point. Distribution GVA is the largest cigar distributor in the province of Quebec. Following the adoption of Bill 112 last year, which set