I can appreciate that. I'm just trying to deal with what appears to me to be a reality. I have talked to many members of the union, and they have told me first-hand, “This is horse feathers, it is bogus, it is ridiculous”. They said, “We have delivered mail for x number of years. We can do our job; we can reach it; my heavens!” You can always find an excuse and/or try to find a way to not do your job.
Perhaps I'm living in a cocoon on this issue, because certainly if there's a legitimate concern, as an entrepreneur and/or a government official, I want to deal with that, but the impression I'm getting is that this is just an excuse to not do the job for a variety of reasons. The inference that this is not a legitimate concern is strongly felt out there in my community and in other communities that I've been in.
Road safety I can certainly understand. I really can. We drive in many areas in rural Canada where the shoulders are not maintained to the extent that they could be. But, for example, in most of these cases, they'll make arrangements with the local people. All of our delivery drivers do a bit of their own personal housekeeping, and they find a way to get it through. I see a little too much of the “big brother” approach on this, and we seem to be losing a bit of common sense in application here. I just have a concern that the union is overstepping its bounds. Could you correct me on that?