Ms. Jacquie Strong at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2016 / 2:15 p.m.

Director, Alberta/Northwest Territories/Nunavut, Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association

Well, it would be cheque cashing, because that is a problem. They have to travel an hour to an hour and a half one way to get to a bank.

A lot of these communities, especially the aboriginal communities....There are 54 communities out of 615 in the entire country that don't have a banking outlet.

I really believe that would assist a lot of people, especially our elderly, because they don't go out of town much. I also think it's a wonderful opportunity to help the rural areas.

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