Mr. Chair, I'll obviously be the last one to criticize you for allowing time.
I'm going to repeat the same joke I made the last time we studied this issue. We Quebec francophones have an advantage: when we get a call in English, we know it's probably fraud.
In its 2020 report, the committee said it hoped there could be greater cooperation among government agencies, including the CRTC, the RCMP, the Competition Bureau and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The committee had heard lengthy testimony and many solutions. It was also determined that consumer intervention was needed to detect fraud.
On November 30, 2021, the CRTC issued a news release announcing a new technology called STIR/SHAKEN, which was intended for telecommunications service providers and enables them to detect calls made from phony numbers.
From what I understand, only one company, Bell Canada, responded to your announcement. What about other telecommunications service providers. Are they making an effort too? Where are they?
Can you cite any examples of initiatives designed to combat efforts to defraud the clients of those businesses?