Thank you very much.
I want to thank all three of you for coming all the way out here—apologies that you had to leave Edmonton to come here. These sessions should happen in Edmonton, St. Albert, and so forth. That's my personal opinion.
Something that really bothers me is the language of this review. Why should Canada Post be profitable? It is not a private corporation; it is a crown corporation. Its legislative mandate is to provide a public service. I appreciate your testimony and a lot of the testimony of the others. We need to go back to what the legislative mandate is. Either the decision is made to privatize it, or it is going to remain a crown corporation delivering.
The advantage of the fact that it is a crown corporation and not just a government department, legislatively—it could be looked into—is that it has the potential to enter into MOUs and contracts for services with other entities, such as municipalities, medical practices, law practices, passport offices, and so forth.
I really value what you have all provided. Particularly to have a small law practice.... People who are in business can pass on the costs, but a senior or an ordinary family member can't pass on those costs when it's across the board.
I would put a question to you, and Ms. Kronewitt-Martin, you might want to speak to this. One of the proposals was to get rid of the uniform rate of postage. What would that do to someone in an isolated community? Is it fair that they would have to pay more because they happen to live in an isolated community in Nunavut?