Public Policy

Canada

ETA advocates for the payments industry in Canada to help drive innovation in the global market for payments technology services. The Canadian advocacy and policy initiatives are guided by a committee of ETA member companies that includes Moneris, First Data, Worldpay, TSYS, Intuit, Western Union, Nuvei, Paysafe, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon.

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Canada Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

2023 Canada Public Policy Priorities

Resources

Executive Summary: ETA Comment Letters on Canadian Payments Issues

Comments

ETA Comments - Written Submission for the Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen Canada’s Financial Sector  (9.11.23)

ETA Comments - Response to Canada's Consultation on Upholding The Integrity of Canada's Financial Sector  (12.4.23)

ETA Comments - Response to The Retail Payments Advisory Committee  (10.23.23)

ETA Letter - Comment on GST/HST Implementation (9.8.23)

ETA Comments - Finance Canada’s Consultation on Strengthening Canada’s Anti-money Laundering (AML) and Anti-terrorist
(6.31.23)

ETA Letter - Comment on Bank of Canada's Consultation Paper on Key Retail Payment Supervision Concepts
(6.14.23)

ETA Letter -ETA Express Concern with British Columbia MSB Law
(5.31.23)

ETA Letter - Comment to Excise Tax Act
(5.10.23)

ETA Letter - Comment to Deputy Prime Minister of Finance
(5.10.23)

ETA Letter - ETA Comment Letter to Finance on RPAA
(3.31.23)

ETA Letter - ETA Submission to Finance on RPAA
(3.30.23)

ETA Letter - Calling for Changes to The Canadian Payments Act to Expand Payments Canada’s Membership
(12.16.22)

ETA Letter - Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance Payments Modernization - Expand Payments Canada for Fintechs (12.1.22)

Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Budget (10.7.22)

ETA Letter - Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce - Crypto Principles (6.8.22)

ETA Comments - Bank of Canada - RPAA and Retail Payments Advisory Committee-Registration Scope (5.26.22)

ETA Letter - Members of Parliament - Cryptoassets (3.10.22)

ETA Letter - Minister Freeland - Digital Services Tax (11.22.21)

ETA Letter - Quebec Information Access Commission - Bill 64 (French) (11.3.21)

ETA Letter - Quebec Information Access Commission - Bill 64 (English) (11.3.21)

ETA Comments - Ontario Privacy Commission - Privacy Consultation (9.3.21)

ETA Comments - Canadian Government - Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2022 Budget (8.6.21)

ETA Comments - Department of Finance - Digital Services Tax (6.18.21)

ETA Written Testimony - Senate Banking, Trade, and Commerce - Retail Payments Activity Act and Digital Services Tax in Bill C-30 (5.21.21)

ETA Letter - Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions - Benefits of FinTech Innovation (12.15.20)

ETA Comment - Response to Request for Information on Alternative Payment Methods (11.13.20)

ETA Comment - Real-Time Payments Rail - Payments Canada (10.30.20)

ETA Comment Letter - Ministry of Government and Consumer Services - Privacy Consultation (10.14.20)

ETA Letter - Privacy - Quebec Bill 64 (7.30.20)

ETA Comment - Ministry of Finance - Regulatory Framework for Money Service Businesses in B.C. (5.4.20)

ETA Letter Response – Response to COVID-19 Canada (3.16.20)

ETA Comment – AI and Privacy (3.13.20)

ETA Letter of Support – House of Commons – CUSMA (1.29.20)

ETA Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2020 Budget (9.16.19)

ETA Comment – Office of the Privacy Commissioner – Consultation of Transfers for Processing (7.29.19)

ETA Letter of Support – Canadian Policymakers – CUSMA (5.22.19)

ETA Written Testimony – Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee – Open Banking (3.21.19)

ETA Letter of Support – House Finance Committee – Open Banking Study (2.11.19)

ETA Comment Letter – Finance Canada's Consultation on Open Banking (2.11.19)

ETA Comments – Amended Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act Regulations (9.10.18)

ETA Comments – Letter Pre-Budget Consultations (8.3.18)

ETA Comments – Response to Canadian Consultation on CPA (7.24.18)

ETA Comments – Canada Payments Modernization (2.23.18)

ETA Comments – Canadian Competition Bureau FinTech Report (11.20.17)

ETA Comments – Canada Retail Payments Proposal (10.6.17)

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