Before coming to the Standing Committee on Finance, I was on the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. I'm not sure whether Mr. Hoback is aware, but that committee conducted an almost identical study to this one in the past year. It studied e-commerce, including the various electronic payment methods such as mobile payments. The report came out no more than six months ago. It is quite extensive, with over 80 pages.
Consequently, I suggest that we review the report to determine whether it would be appropriate for the Standing Committee on Finance to study the subject. Furthermore, if Mr. Hoback was interested in a more focused study, addressing, for instance, the very specific payment methods he mentioned, I think the industry committee would be better equipped than the finance committee to handle that.
The committee has limited time and the budget and budget implementation bills are imminent. So I don't necessarily think redoing a study that has already been done by another committee is the best way to use our time.