A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and bring in legislation to stem the slide toward a cashless society.

Only 10 per cent of transactions in Canada today are done using cash, according to Carlos Castiblanco, an economist with the group Option Consommateurs.

“There is a need to protect cash right now before more merchants start refusing [it],” Castiblanco recently told CBC Radio’s Ontario Today.

It’s critical to act now, he added, before retailers begin removing all the infrastructure required to store and maintain physical money.

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
      8·
      3 months ago

      isn’t that partially why those who dont want minimum fees look for a credit union that doenst charge minimum fees?

        • DerisionConsultingEnglish
          8·
          3 months ago

          The hurtles are generally:

          • lack of an ID
          • lack of a Phone number
          • no Address
          • the need to buy a share in the credit union to open the account in the first place