Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she hopes her bill to help grow the cryptocurrency sector will get Canadian legislators talking about it in a non-polarized way.
The private member’s bill she introduced in February, which is scheduled for debate in the House of Commons tonight, would compel the government to consult experts and create a plan for crypto assets within three years.
Many Canadians are still confused by how digital currencies, like Bitcoin, even work and exist in Canada. Rempel Garner thinks regulators and law-makers feel similarly lost.
Cryptocurrencies gained a lot of attention when protesters in big rigs blockaded access to Parliament Hill for several weeks beginning in January.