Finance committee  What is needed is a single regulator that has a mandate to protect consumers, without the dual mandate of trying to deal with both sides of the issue. There is no consumer protection agency in Canada of any kind that I'm aware of that has a single mandate to protect consumers. Th

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Larry Elford. I worked in the financial industry for 20 years. I'm from Lethbridge, Alberta. While I was working, I earned the designations of chartered financial planner, certified investment manager, and fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute, as wel