When a company moves away from its core business, the successful business supports the less successful business. In a public service corporation such as Canada Post, it's a bit difficult to imagine splitting up the two service lines and moving towards an already competitive market with an existing monopoly.
I have trouble envisioning the commercial side of a government-owned public service provider. You talked about the importance of a business taking risks, but that's an altogether different conversation when you're dealing with a government corporation. A private company is looking to turn a profit. The more risks it takes, the more profitable it can be. The more risks a business takes, the better its chances of making more money, but those risks could also lead to a nasty surprise. That will never work for Canada Post.
This committee's job is to hear from people who have solutions that are viable in practice, not just theory. We want people to give us solutions that could be implemented tomorrow. Unfortunately, the suggestions we have heard today are not viable solutions for the immediate term but, instead, ideas that would require a government-owned public service provider like Canada Post to do a philosophical about-face.
What is your take on that?