Canada Post has the responsibility—and it's a difficult one—to deliver services across our country: Its purpose is a service first purpose. It needs to be fairly treating all Canadians regardless of where they live, and in remote and rural areas in particular, something that other organizations and private corporations in particular sometimes are unwilling or unable to do.
We understand that the demand for mail has been falling over the last 20 years, falling by approximately 50%. They also serve more addresses, about three million more addresses in the last 20 years, so that is putting financial pressure on them.