On the question of postal banking, more specifically, that is an idea that I too like quite a bit. It is done all over the world, with quite good results. Even apart from postal banking, when we look at North Dakota, there is a bank that is owned by the government that has a somewhat more social role to play. It helps farmers, primarily, but it also offers student loans at much lower cost than elsewhere in the United States. I think the postal banking system could have a more social role. I am wondering whether you had seen any openness to that kind of idea on the part of management over the years?
Evidence of meeting #41 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was services.