Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Brisson and Mr. Yee, thank you for being with us today.
I want to raise a few points about rural areas.
I had the great pleasure of growing up in Fermont, on the North Shore, which didn't have a road until 1984. I remember a few very exciting periods when parcels arrived very late.
That said, it's also the reality of places like Kuujjuaq, Sheldrake and Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon. I don't know whether you've ever gone there, but everything arrives by air or by boat, and there's only a very short window when boats can reach Kuujjuaq. Postal services are so inadequate that people are starting to think about setting up their own dogsled delivery service. That gives you an idea of what it's like.
Whether it's medication, clothes or simple things like pens, everything comes by post. Despite repeated calls by the public and elected officials, the situation isn't improving. We see the same thing on the Magdalen Islands.
What solutions has Canada Post considered to date to resolve the problems experienced by people living in very remote and very isolated areas? I'm not including Fermont in that list, since its residents are lucky to have had a road since 1984.