Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is clearly an extremely important and extremely worrisome subject. As Ms. Dancho said, we all have cases in our ridings of people who have been scammed or been victims of fraud. We need to change the way things are done, get tough on fraudsters and make sure that these kinds of illegal practices stop. I think the subject is extremely important. I am in favour of such a motion.
However, I would like to raise two points. First, the Standing Committee on Finance, or FINA, should be consulted, because financial fraud is primarily its responsibility. That said, some aspects could also partly fall under our committee's responsibility. Second, given the short notice, I didn't have enough time to consult my entire team to see if we would like to amend the motion or adopt it as is.
I think this is an extremely important topic. I think it's important that parliamentary committees be able to address it. It could potentially be up to FINA. That said, I'm not prepared to vote on this motion today given the short time frame we had. In addition, the fall calendar is already full, which means that the study could be shunted to the winter. However, I am entirely in favour of the committee looking at this subject.