Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you all for attending. I have a number of questions I want to ask, and you may not have the answers to them. Maybe you can get those for me later. I think, though, that if we're going to complete this loop, if we're really going to understand what's happening in credit card usage today, we need the answers to these questions.
How much cash is in circulation in Canada today? Does anybody know that? Can you get me that information? How much money would be needed in circulation if credit cards were eliminated?
I also want the numbers of credit cards over the past years. Over the last 20 years, let's say, how many credit cards have entered into the system? How many more credit cards are we using? Maybe if you have some of those answers, Ms. Hughes Anthony, you can answer those questions.
Do you have statistics on sales revenue in the marketplace? I've asked that question before and nobody has given me the answer in regard to the increase of credit card usage. In other words, can we see a reflection of what's happened in the marketplace as credit cards accelerate?
There's also personal debt. How much is personal debt? You mentioned personal debt; what is personal debt today in Canada? Do you know what the figure is? You said it was a percentage, but what percentage is credit card? What is personal debt today? Do you know the figure?