Human Resources committee  I would certainly concur with that. I don't have a specific study, but it is just common sense, as Mr. Arango said, that you would relieve stress not only on the individual but the whole family who was suffering.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I would agree with my colleague from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. I'm not aware of substantial abuses. I would add that cancer is more a disease of older people, and as our population ages, even though cancer rates are stable, the incidence of ne

Human Resources committee  That's a real issue. That's a real problem. We don't want the stress on the family. If people are under stress, they're not going to recover as quickly from cancer. There are a lot of psychological problems that attend cancer, and if people have assurance of a little bit more inc

Human Resources committee  Thank you. First off, let me thank all parties and all members for their support for the Canadian strategy for cancer control. This is a wonderful thing, and I think this bill fits nicely within that. The Canadian Cancer Society, on behalf of its 220,000 volunteers across the

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  When you have 20% of the population addicted, they're going to get their cigarettes somewhere, and it would just fuel contraband smuggling. It just wouldn't work, unless maybe we get smoking rates down to 2%. We're at 20%.

Finance committee  It is in many senses a controlled substance: you can't advertise it; there's controlled access. So in many respects it is controlled, but we can do more.

Finance committee  No, price point is the most effective, but we can do more public education, and the federal government has jurisdiction. We have world-class warnings on cigarette packs. They can be renewed and will be renewed so that they're refreshed. They're a bit stale now; they've been on th

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Well, in many municipal jurisdictions you can't smoke within 20, 30, or whatever feet from an entrance. We strongly recommend it's time to look at the Non-smokers' Health Act. It was great legislation back in 1987. You're familiar with it. It is time to update the Non-smokers'

Finance committee  Absolutely. Yes. We could raise it $10 a carton.

Finance committee  I'm not aware of it, and it's not only the aging population, but because of immigration we have a growing population. The two combined are a time bomb in terms of diseases such as cancer.

Finance committee  By far it's still tobacco. We're going to have 47,000 people die from the use of tobacco industry products this year. If we could solve the tobacco problem, we'd have the resources to tackle the other areas. Take colorectal cancer. We have to do more in colorectal cancer screenin

Finance committee  I don't think we'd have to go that far. You can stop going onto the reserve the things that are being used in the illegal manufacture of cigarettes, like packaging and filters and tobacco. There are a lot of things that could be done before we have to do something that extreme.

Finance committee  But there are ways to do it without confrontation. I can send some suggestions--