Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With Bill 19, An Act to Amend The Tobacco Tax Act, I guess the ideal situation in the north would be for everyone to quit smoking. Mr. Pollard would be out of $2 million. Personally, I have no problems with the Government of the Northwest Territories sliding into the taxation area that the federal government is abandoning. I support that move based on health reasons. If we lower the cost of tobacco, the cost may be an incentive for the younger people of the north to do a lot more smoking.

That is not in the bill at all. But, the federal government raised the legal age of smoking to 18 years of age and there are no more kiddie packs for younger people. The maximum fine for providing smokes to people under the age of 18 had been $100 and they raised it to $50,000. That's quite substantial. I would like to ask the Minister why he didn't take up that federal government's move? Another question is, is he intending to make these moves? We probably won't be seeing something like this until next fall. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.