AB InBev changed the packaging of Jupiler and Leffe beer cans in the Netherlands and France to make it harder to sell them in Belgium: for example, it removed French text from its cans in the Netherlands, and Dutch text from its cans in France, to prevent their sale in the French and Dutch speaking parts of Belgium, respectively; AB InBev limited access of Dutch retailers to key products and promotions, in order to prevent them from bringing less expensive beer products to Belgium: for example, it did not sell and/or limited the quantity of certain products sold to Dutch retailers and restricted the availability of certain promotions, i ...[+++]f there was a chance that the Dutch retailers could import the products into Belgium.

When an American operation sends a product here, you would think they could keep the price lower, smother the competition and life would go on.

In addition to that, there have been sales drops in manufacturing, one in the year 2007 of 3.4%.

If, on the other hand, you measure it by the number of pills consumed, because the cost of non-prescription drugs is so much lower, there are approximately equal numbers of drugs consumed on the two sides.

You would think that a weaker dollar would have helped us, but when sales are at their lowest point, it makes very little difference.

Mr. Scott Brison (Kings—Hants, PC): Mr. Speaker, in 1993 when the government took office the Canadian dollar was at 75.5 cents U.S. Since then the dollar has dropped 14%, dropping 9% over the last eight months and hitting record lows last summer.