Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Congratulations on your election again as chair of the finance committee. I look forward to working with you, as always.
Thank you, Minister Menzies, for being here today to discuss with us Bill C-28.
I want to echo what my colleague Mr. Thibeault said around financial literacy. We did support Mr. Rajotte's motion on this, because there are many areas where it of course would assist Canadians to have a better understanding of debt and of their obligations when they enter into debt. But we also have concerns with this bill. One of the concerns was that the financial literacy task force made 30 recommendations, the first of which was the appointment of a financial literacy leader. There were 29 other recommendations that would have really put a strong framework around such a position.
I want to clarify a couple of things. First, if we're going to appoint a person who's expected to teach Canadians about financial literacy, should they not be able to speak both languages fluently so that they can have the best communication possible with all Canadians?