Mr. Pierre-Alexandre Blouin at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.

May 12th, 2009 / 5:20 p.m.

Public Affairs Director , Association des détaillants en alimentation du Québec, Coalition québécoise sur les hausses de frais de transaction de carte de crédit et de débit

Pierre-Alexandre Blouin

I'd like to make a brief comment. It's possible that, for some players, a rate of 1.5% is good. In our case, some merchants have rates of 1.39% in total, that is including the established interchange rate and the other fees.

I think you have to do an in-depth analysis. That's what was very well explained by my colleague from the CCGD. I believe the cost analysis will give us a better idea of our situation, which we don't really know right now.

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