I'll give a response in two parts.
First, recognizing that Canada Post is one of the largest organizations in Canada, with nearly 70,000 employees across 5,600 locations from coast to coast to coast, we do have regular touchpoints and meetings with them on a biweekly basis, or sometimes even on a weekly basis, to discuss the numerous issues and opportunities that Canada Post is facing.
Second, to your first question, you talked about the letter of expectation. As I mentioned before, that is one of the tools that is used by ministers to be able to identify expectations of Crown corporations. That's not unique to Canada Post; it is across all Crown corporations. There are other mechanisms that are also used.
The last thing I will say, if you'll permit me, is that we noted very briefly earlier that when we look at a number of other jurisdictions, we see that they are facing challenges similar to what Canada Post is facing, whether it's in the United States, Australia, England, France or elsewhere. There is a decline in letter mail that's happening across the board, and basically all postal services around the world are facing similar challenges with decreasing letter mail, which results in decreasing revenues and an increasing number of points where they have to be able to deliver, which raises some fundamental concerns.
Many other jurisdictions have taken the route of providing financial assistance to their postal services or postal carriers. Some of the other jurisdictions are doing a few things that are a little different. For members, as part of the study, you might be interested in what the Australians are doing with their postal system.