Will Rewrite 1978 Usury Law

Cabinet proposes to rewrite a 1978 usury law to curb what one MP called “ungodly” interest rates on payday loans. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland yesterday also proposed first-ever federal regulation of credit card swipe fees paid by storekeepers and other merchants: ‘They are among the highest in the world.’

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