I agree that this is outside the original scope of the bill. However, when the minister appeared before us, he said he was open to suggestions and to other changes to the Banking Act in general. I think the committee should deal with the issue anyway and, if at the report stage, the minister believes it is inadmissible, he will still be able to have it excluded. I believe the amendment is a good one and I know everyone is concerned by the problem of identity theft. There is the criminal aspect, which the amendment does not deal with, but the responsibility of financial institutions should be included in the Banking Act. So I believe we should deal with this issue anyway, knowing that the minister will be able to object at the report stage if he does not want this in his bill. However, I would think he would find this interesting.
On February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.