Okay.
Evidence of meeting #46 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rural.
Evidence of meeting #46 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rural.
Vice-Chair, Wakamow Aboriginal Community Organization
We have a few who are out of the urban setting, but most of them are in the city.
Liberal
Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON
So you are not familiar with any remote area's concerns about not having a bank or access to services that the government provides? We are looking at how to leverage the assets of Canada Post. It has an excellent distribution network. It is the only corporation that does the last mile. When the asphalt ends, they are the only ones that do it.
I'm wondering whether there are any ideas you might have to give Canada Post a little direction that is not just cut, cut, but a mindset of how to grow businesses.
Do you have any ideas?
Secretary, Wakamow Aboriginal Community Organization
That's something we can take to our members, get more on, and then submit it to the committee.
Liberal
Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Mr. Watson, I'd love to have your ideas because you have been a very successful businessman, and you have been monitoring the costs and ensuring that you are competitive.
Do you have any ideas?
President, Triple 4 Advertising Ltd.
I've always been an independent. We work hard doing what we do. We're a non-union company. I think Canada Post has a very strong union.
Maybe if you became a non-union company, you might have a lot better chance.
Liberal
Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON
No, excuse me. We are here to hear ideas.
Thank you for your ideas, because there is nothing that we don't take in. We have to absorb it and look at it.
Liberal
Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Okay.
Do you have any ideas, Mr. Gulka-Tiechko or Ms. Sanson?
City Clerk and Solicitor, City of Moose Jaw
Today we're not creative.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
We'll go to our final two interventions. They will be five minutes each.
Mr. Clarke is next. If you're not fluently bilingual, you may want to put on your translation devices.
Mr. Clarke, you have the floor for five minutes.
October 20th, 2016 / 10:50 a.m.
Conservative
Alupa Clarke Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello everyone. I'm very pleased to be in Moose Jaw. It's a very beautiful city in the Prairies and it has lovely architecture.
My first question is for the Moose Jaw municipal representatives and is very simple.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Mr. Clarke, perhaps you would start once again. We'll give you your time back.
Conservative
Alupa Clarke Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Okay.
What I said was important because I mentioned that Moose Jaw is a fantastic city and that its architecture is lovely.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Yes, Mr. Clarke, perhaps you wouldn't mind asking your questions en anglais while we try to straighten this out.
Conservative
Alupa Clarke Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Okay. Normally I speak in French for the sake of the country, but I'll speak in English.
Moose Jaw is a gorgeous city, so my first question goes to the municipality. It's a straightforward question. Is Canada Post a national symbol of federal unity for you and the people living here?
City Clerk and Solicitor, City of Moose Jaw
I think it's always been assumed to be one of the things that jells and holds the country together, so I would agree with that comment.
Conservative
Alupa Clarke Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Madam Marshall-Colenutt and Madam Perkins, for the aboriginal people of this region, is Canada Post a service or do you find it to be a national symbol?
Vice-Chair, Wakamow Aboriginal Community Organization
Personally, I find it a service.