Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[Inaudible—Editor]...study that I proposed, and it's a duplication of the industry study. I've been talking to different players in the sectors, whether wireless, consumers, or retail associations, and they're very excited that we're taking on this study. In fact, they feel that this study will add a lot of benefit to the industry study, with things the industry study did not address. I think she should maybe be careful of what she says about what's more important to Canadians in this work.
We have recognized the fact that household debt is huge. In fact, every economist talks about it. I know the Bank of Canada Governor has talked about it, and our minister has talked about it. It is something that everybody recognizes as a problem. But when you go to look at individual household debt from house to house, it will not be consistent in how it's made up. I'm not sure what your goal is in this study, in trying to figure out how you move forward, because household debt is household debt. My debt is different than Mr. Brison's debt, which would be different than Monsieur Caron's debt.
What do you want to do with this information when you're done? Are you going to bring in some regulations on the amount of financing that an individual can take on? What is your end goal with this study? Is the NDP proposing to regulate the amount of financing an individual can take on? What is the reality of the end goal of this study? I just shake my head.
Again, this committee has been very good to the opposition members. I don't even mind that they've had lots of chances and have brought forward many studies that we've also engaged in. We bring forward one study and then they attack it. So if they want good cooperation, I think maybe they should let us proceed with some work, too, work that Canadians see as viable and important, and that is actually going to help shape the sector for consumers as we move forward.
If timing is an issue, I would hope you would recognize the importance of this motion I brought forward, and understand why that would probably be more important than her study at this point in time.