From the point when people have their security clearance at Canada Post, reliance is placed on the human capacity to learn. Obviously, the people at Canada Post are capable of doing a particular job.
When we talk about postal banking, the idea that immediately comes to mind is that overnight, there will be financial advisors in a post office doing mortgage loans and so on. It looks like a lot of work. It is as if that solution were not imaginable, since so much investment and work would be required.
Why not consider a job done by postal employees who would start out as savings account and chequing account managers from the outset? If memory serves, 1 million Canadians do not have access to a bank. What they need is a place where their paycheque will be deposited and they will be able to do simple transactions.
The organization I represent does not think this is such a huge job, and thinks postal employees are capable of doing it. If we asked them to do the same work as financial institutions and be capable of making loans and playing with enormous financial assets, that would not happen overnight. However, they can offer basic services.