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Jump to full article: Canadian Television (CTV), 2007-10-29
Intro: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty disregarded advice from senior officials warning him to curb the influx of native-made black-market cigarettes, documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show.
The Finance department documents, obtained under the Access to Information Act, warn that Ottawa is losing substantial tax dollars as smokers switch to illegal untaxed, unregulated, cigarettes.
According to The Globe, Flaherty received the documents a month before the 2007 budget was tabled, yet decided against budget measures to combat the problem in the final document.
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