Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to table a motion with my time.
Before I do that, I just want to note that, in Windsor West, we actually had to call the army in during COVID because the private sector was killing our residents by not providing proper services. They also had the Salvation Army in. It's interesting. I hope we don't teach others the wrong things.
With regard to my motion, I'll use my time here so we don't take up witness time. I move:
That pursuant to standing order 108(2) the committee undertake meetings to study the proposed takeover of HSBC’s Canadian division by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), which is the largest proposed acquisition in the banking sector since RBC’s proposed takeover of the Bank of Montreal was rejected by regulators.
The reason I'm tabling that is that we will have some business coming up. I'm hopeful that we can actually have some discussion on this.
The Competition Bureau has asked for further information with regard to this takeover. It was in the early 1990s that the Bank of Montreal was actually not consumed by a takeover because of regulator decisions. This obviously has significant consequences for consumers and also for small businesses and medium-sized businesses in particular.
With that, I'll table the motion and leave it for the committee for the next date that we have business, please.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's the end of my intervention.