Mr. Marion, I must interrupt you since I don't have much time.
You answered my question. The government promised to negotiate with these stakeholders. You didn't promise this. The government did. It was written in the 2022 fall economic statement. Yet you just told us that the government didn't keep its word, that it didn't proceed as set out in the statement and that, as a result, it accepted agreements that weren't the result of the promised negotiations. The government never had any serious intention of passing legislation
I have about one minute left. A negotiation is a process that leads to offers and counter‑offers. At the end of the process, everyone meets halfway. As a result, I want to know the credit card companies' first offer and the government's counter‑offer to get us to this point. I want to know whether, on the contrary, the companies simply made a proposal and the government caved in.