Transport committee  Something clearly has to give. The only question is, which option or options best meet the needs of Canadians?

Transport committee  Yes. We looked around the world too.

Transport committee  We didn't, because we were doing two things. One was essentially an econometric analysis. In other words, we were to do a quantitative assessment of where the business would be going in future. We were to build a model and to project where the business is going. The second was to

Transport committee  The current model with no changes is sustainable if, and only if, Canadian taxpayers are willing to spend a billion dollars a year by 2020.

Transport committee  To be clear, what Canada Post asked us to do was to take an outside look at where the business was going and how customer behaviour was changing and, from there, what some of the options were. We were not asked to make recommendations to favour one path forward over another. They

Transport committee  I'm wrapping up. It would offer more convenience for parcels. Other options didn't have as big an impact and, basically in summary, Canadians said, “We still value having a postal service, it still matters to us”. But what they expect and what they need is changing. Financially

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is my pleasure to join the committee to help in its deliberations. As I think has already been made clear by the previous witness, the Conference—

Transport committee  As I said, the Conference Board of Canada was engaged in mid-2012 by Canada Post to conduct an independent review of the strategic challenges facing the corporation, and to suggest some potential options for dealing with them. The fundamental challenge was pretty clear. Every yea