Transport committee  Does it regret the decision to unionize them because...?

Transport committee  No, we organized them and we're really happy to have them.

Transport committee  The basic structure of Canada Post is good. It has to be improved.

Transport committee  I'm okay with what he said. In some ways, it has to improve.

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  No, we didn't oppose the postal transformation. We accepted the postal transformation because we knew that the technology had to change. We object to the way it has been done. That's the difference, because it was really against the health and safety of the workers.

Transport committee  But we were okay with the new motorized letter carrier, because it was a new way to deliver mail.

Transport committee  We agree on the fact that the letters are going down and this issue has to be addressed.

Transport committee  It's not sustainable, but we have solutions.

Transport committee  Yes, I can address that issue. Last year, when Minister Raitt was appointed Minister of Transport, I wrote a letter to the minister saying, “We want to meet with you to talk about our vision for the future of the postal service.” When the problem with the pension plan arrived,

Transport committee  I don't know. We were talking about the pension plan, and when the press release for the third quarter went out, there was a line saying that we were discussing with the shareholders what was happening with the solvency deficit. We were not informed about that.

Transport committee  It depends. We represent about 50,000 or 52,000 urban and rural workers, but according to the latest report of Canada Post, it is about 68,000 people.

Transport committee  This will reduce profits and also interest in the postal service. Fundamentally, the postal service has a certain mission: to put people in contact with one another. We have to ensure that it is person-to-person contact. Two people can be in the same room and communicate with a d

Transport committee  People use certain words when it suits them, but when it does not, they forget about them. The main objective of our union has always been to maintain a public and universal postal service. That has always been the case and we will continue to fight for that because we are posta

Transport committee  We talked mainly about door-to-door delivery, but we also have concerns about the price of stamps, even though we do agree that Canada Post must be self-sustaining. I would like to say something about door-to-door delivery. There is a big unknown here that Mr. Chopra did not tal