Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm one of the fortunate ones to be on both Industry and Finance. I think I might be the only one, so I'm actually quite in favour of a joint meeting, and I'm flexible on the numbers. I think slightly bigger than 12 and maybe not all 24 would be required, and we would be able, as members, to come at different times and participate.
We have a study going on in banking in the Senate, and then we're going to have them come to our committee, and then the industry committee.... I simply think it is a good use of time, ours and theirs, so I am in favour of you and the chair of the other committee working out a possibility of a joint committee. I do not think you can separate the issues of debit cards and credit cards, the fees the merchants are paying, the fees the consumers are paying. It's all going to be one big item at the end of the day. I think it is better for parliamentarians that there be one report, and that's what would come out of this.