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19 |Thursday, February 9, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Dear Senators and MPs, If the Plain Packaging proposal goes through, it will increase the illegal trade in cigarettes. This will boost the profits of the existing 175 criminal gangs that sell them. How do I know this? I was a Police Officer for 30 years. Yours sincerely, Ascanio Make sure Senators and MPs understand the consequences of plain packaging. It's what Canadians expect. To email your representatives visit BothSidesoftheArgument.ca Source: A Forum poll of 2,000 Canadians in August 2016. This message is the view of one Canadian interviewed in January 2017. A JTI-Macdonald Corp. initiative.