Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, I think we'll get going now.
Thank you to our panellists for being here. As you know, the minister responsible for Canada Post, the Honourable Judy Foote, has initiated a widespread consultation process dealing with the future of Canada Post. Phase one of the consultation process was to establish a task force whose mandate was to examine the financial viability and sustainability of Canada Post. The task force has completed their work, they've submitted their report, and they have appeared before our committee. The second phase now is why we're here today. We're engaged in a cross-country consultation tour talking to individuals, organizations, and municipalities who have viewpoints on the future of Canada Post and who hopefully have suggestions as to the future of Canada Post. I thank all of you for being here to share your thoughts with us today.
The process is fairly simple. We will start with a five-minute opening statement from each of you. If you tend to go a little long, I will, unfortunately, have to jump in and see if we can rein you in. Then we will follow that with a question and answer period with all of our members of the committee participating. We have found—as I believe I mentioned to you earlier—that's really where a lot of the information comes out and we get your viewpoints, through the question and answer period.
With that brief introduction, I think we'll get going.
Ms. Moffat, we have you up first for five minutes, please. The floor is yours.