Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to revisit the Canada Post Corporation Act.
The second provision, the provision of postal services to rural regions of the country, is an integral part of Canada Post's universal service. If it's an integral part of Canada Post's universal service and it is actually identified in the act as being so, I want to go back to this conversation that we've had around the moratorium.
Earlier in this meeting, we heard from Mr. Yee, who stated that if a post office is on the list, it won't be closed. You yourself, Mr. Gourevitch, stated that the moratorium has remained unchanged, and I have to believe that what you meant was the language of the moratorium, not necessarily the fact that we continue to see closures in rural Canada.
My question to you is this: With regard to the moratorium and, as my colleague has pointed out, whether Canada Post is unable to find a retail space to host a post office or whether a postmaster passes away or leaves that post and you are unable to find a replacement, it would appear that the closing of post offices by attrition is a way for the Government of Canada to subvert the moratorium.
Are any actions being taken by your department to ensure that this gap within the moratorium is closed?