Madam Speaker, the credit card companies have made billions of dollars during this pandemic, as the amount of cash being used has dropped, while small business owners have lost the most, which is what we are debating today. Even before the pandemic, I was hearing from small business owners in my riding that one of the main things hurting them was the high merchant fees they pay to credit card companies. Canadian merchants pay the highest fees in the world.
I am just wondering if the member and his Conservative colleagues would support the NDP initiative to stand up to the credit card companies and cap merchant fees for small businesses.