Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to echo my colleagues across from me on how important the study is.
We had the commissioner in last week. I had the opportunity to raise this. I heard from the Canadian Bankers Association on the issue of $638 million. We heard from the commissioner about how that is maybe just what's being reported.
I also have a story. My father-in-law was almost a victim of this, but my wife intervened. I also think that there's a large transnational component to this that we need to look at; we need to maybe include some of that language in here and make sure those agencies are also included.
There's the issue of the different applications and companies, like Meta and others, that probably should be included in this as well. Of course, I think they can be witnesses to this kind of study.
Look at the victims who are being targeted. We have an aging population. I think it's really important to see that those protections are in place.
I welcome this study. On our side, I hope we can support this, ensure some of the language around transnational threats is there, have other jurisdictions included in this and see how we can combat this.
Thank you.