Thank you, Mr. Chairman. People can only be searched if there are reasonable and probable grounds to believe that they may be carrying a product that they shouldn't be carrying. I don't want anybody to get the idea that we are going to stop and search everybody. In talking with the RCMP, the present act is somewhat restricted for them. It was felt that, to give the RCMP and other peace officers a running chance, the act should be beefed up in some areas. To answer the question quickly, we are not going to search every airplane or every person going to and coming from the different provinces, whatever part of the territories they live in. We just don't have enough manpower to do that. We certainly wouldn't have the law to do that, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
John Pollard on Bill 19: An Act To Amend The Tobacco Tax Act
In the Legislative Assembly on April 5th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Bill 19: An Act To Amend The Tobacco Tax Act
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 4th, 1994
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John Pollard Hay River
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