Mr. Speaker, Visa saw a 35% increase in its profits, achieved mostly off the backs of Canadian families. Now Canadian Tire is the latest company jumping on the rip-off-consumers bandwagon. Why is it that credit card companies continue to raise interest rates when the Bank of Canada's rate continues to decrease? It is because they know no one is going to stop them.
Does the Conservative government seriously think a consumer awareness program will help solve the skyrocketing debt that Canadian families are facing?