Thanks to all of you for coming.
We have been listening to divergent viewpoints, some with dire predictions about the demise of Canada Post, how bad it is, and whatevernot, and some saying that there are creative solutions. We are here to listen to everybody, because we need to find solutions.
I think we should try to be careful about saying that it is a privatization attempt. We need to listen. We cannot make judgments on the previous corporation mandate or on the previous government's mandate. Ours is not to privatize Canada Post. Let us put it on the record.
We understand, from the task force and from Canadians, that Canada Post does provide essential services. When we throw out aspersions about its financial status.... We haven't examined the books of the corporation. We would like to do so and we will speak to the respective people, but we know that Canada Post needs to move forward.
With that, Madam Lipsig-Mummé, I liked your presentation. You say that there was no strategic thinking. I am a person who used to do receiverships, so my job was to ensure that I made a profit, and I did make a profit in receiverships. That was my job. I'm an accountant. That is my financial background, but the social aspect of ensuring that a human being is there at the end is important.
Give us some creative thinking. I've seen some presentations on what the hub should look like. We have heard about moratoriums. Yes, no, rural: there is no one fit solution. We cannot compare Canada to Sweden or Finland, because that is comparing apples to blueberries.
Madam Lipsig-Mummé, could you give me some idea of what you would see as the fourth revolution of Canada Post?