Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is addressed to the Minister of Finance. Mr. Speaker, as I said in my opening Member's statement today, there is a fair amount of revenue generated through taxing of the tobacco commodity. This has not been identified in such a manner as to show that those who smoke, and probably those in the same class would be those people who drink, are always the people that are identified as the bad guys. We contribute to all kinds of problems that the government has to pay the cost of.

In that matter, Mr. Speaker, for people that drink, facilities are allowed to be built for them to continue with this habit, but in regards to people that smoke, there does not seem to be any consideration for the fact that this habit is quite wide spread in the Territories. In fact in government buildings there does not seem to be an allocation at all as to recognize and respect that people do have these kinds of problems and therefore have some kind of facilities, like this building here, whereby they can respectfully continue their habit without interfering with the general public.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that as a general rule, those who smoke are very polite about it when they are asked not to do it in a public place. They get very little recognition for the fact that the amount of tax that is generated by them. Therefore, my question to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Speaker, how much revenue is generated a year by the tobacco commodity in the Territories? Thank you.