I don't think there should really be any doubts about the skills of the postal workers.
In terms of expanding Canada Post's range of services, that would be fantastic for the simple reason, as mentioned, that bank services are less and less accessible in the regions. In addition, we heard this morning on the radio that the Laurentian Bank was going to announce on Wednesday that there would no longer be teller services.
Credit unions first eliminated the number of service counters and then the number of ATMs. In the regions, there are fewer and fewer banking services, while we have 6,300 postal outlets across Canada, which could make those services available to remote communities.
If we no longer want the regions and we want to concentrate everything in large centres, that's one thing, but I don't think that's what we want either in Quebec or in Canada. We hope that our regions will be revitalized. We want local and regional development. Canada Post can play a significant role in providing banking and many other services.