OTTAWA – In the midst of Small Business Week, the NDP is pushing for some much needed relief for small businesses by placing a hard cap on the transaction fees merchants are charged when customers pay with their credit cards. The fees in Canada, which are among the highest in the world, cost merchants $4 billion every year, money that goes to the banks that issue the credit cards.

 

NDP Critic for Families, Children and Social Development, Brigitte Sansoucy, issued the following statement :