Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I have very little time, I am going to quickly choose the people I want to talk to.
This question goes to the Canadian Convenience Stores Association.
Last year, one of the issues we spent a lot of time on was credit cards. You alluded to Linda Lapointe’s Bill C-236. It is very short. I can even read it. It has these two short paragraphs:
5.1 (1) The credit card acceptance fees that a payment card network operator may charge a merchant must not exceed the limit prescribed by regulation for each category of users. Regulations (2) The Governor in Council may, by regulation: (a) define “credit card acceptance fees”; (b) establish categories of users; and (c) set limits on credit card acceptance fees.
This comes down to saying that the government can do anything it likes. I don’t think that really solves the problem. With a situation that is extremely harmful to retailers, you would like a solution that goes a little further.