I have two examples that come to mind. We spent nearly two years campaigning against the closings of post offices in urban areas and we succeeded in getting hold of the figures for the Chicoutimi-Nord post office that was closed. That post office exceeded its targets by more than 120%. It was making $300,000 in profits per year.
The reason why that post office was closed is that it was literally choked with postal counter franchises. At some point, Canada Post decided that it no longer needed to offer service directly since it was available in the pharmacies. That is why the Chicoutimi-Nord post office was closed.
That brings me to the question Mr. McCauley asked when he said there were additional costs associated with offering the service outside urban centres. There are no additional costs: the employee is already there, as is the building. It does not cost anything more. That does not really relate to your question.