For example, there was a report done by the Royal Society that talked about the use of Archives Canada and the fact that it was decreasing in many rural areas that could not access the information because they didn't have sufficient broadband width. They could not access the information that businesses could use to help them develop. They could not access the information that could help people educate their students to keep them there.
I found lots of reports. The cost of providing services in a country as broad as Canada is very high. If you use service centres as a means to bring it back down, then Canada Post has that infrastructure. You have it in place. It's laid before you now.
I have a diagram that will be shared. I apologize that it wasn't bilingual. The person who developed it is bilingual. I just didn't ask them to make it bilingual. When I use the word “and”, if you work with the communities and find out what opportunities they need and if you develop this platform and you have a range of services each community can access, then they can build it out into the business model they necessarily need. The platform provides that core structure for you, so it's an “and” discussion. I encourage you to have that “and” discussion, because it changes it from an “or” conversation, where you focus on the cost-cutting, to a focus on the possibilities.
Believe me, there are lots of possibilities out there. Don't give up your incredible infrastructure, because you will never get it back. It will be gone for good.
There are other opportunities. I read about a band in northern Ontario. They couldn't get a network in, so they developed their own high-speed Internet. All of a sudden, they started using telemedicine. They increased education to their students. They made a huge life difference in their community simply through that. You have a place to do that now.