I agree with Ms. Nash. The committee's report does not focus exclusively on technical matters, although they are addressed at length. Transaction fees, for example, were thoroughly examined. The committee did address the privacy aspect in its study and its report.
This motion seeks “an overview of new digital payment technologies, including the challenges and opportunities they present....” That subject was covered in the report. The motion also calls for “an overview of the evolving role of government oversight of these systems, (iii) how best to ensure small businesses and consumers benefit from these new systems....” That, too, was addressed by the committee. The motion refers to elements that were considered by the industry committee and that appear in its report, which came out just six months ago.
I am genuinely interested in protecting consumers, but that isn't the case here. Knowing the work has already been done, we have to decide whether that is how we want to use the valuable time we have in the finance committee, at least until the end of June. That is all the more relevant given that the budget is coming and we'll soon be studying budget implementation bills. To my mind, that wouldn't be the best use of the committee's time at this point.