Good morning. Thanks for joining us. I've very much enjoyed what you're having to say. It's very pragmatic and practical. I appreciate that.
Mayor, thanks for having us here. I'm looking forward to seeing a bit of the city on the way back to the airport today. You've made it very clear and we've heard very much throughout the last couple of weeks that there are—I don't want to say two different worlds—the large urban reality of Canada Post, which means one thing, and then out here in rural areas it means something completely different and something more important. I'm glad you talked about that a bit.
The task force did very extensive polling that showed that two-thirds of Canadians very much believe that we should subsidize the rural areas to keep Canada Post a lot more active. One of their suggestions was that there are 500 to 700 current Canada Post outlets right inside big cities that could be converted to retail outlets and the money saved used to subsidize where it's a lot more important, which is rural areas like this.
In Edmonton there are more than 20 Canada Post outlets within a 10-minute drive of my house, which I imagine you could only dream of.
Is it something that you would support, that we use—as the task force is suggesting—the resources that may not be needed in the big cities to keep it a viable option up here, where it is a community hub and a lot more important to the community, as you said?