I was very disappointed by the rapid cancellation of that program, which only existed for a couple of months, really, as fully operational. Then it was cancelled. There was never a full explanation of why it was cancelled. I don't know whether you've had one here. Certainly, that was a step forward. I would welcome any steps forward by Canada Post in moving in the direction of financial services. I think they're all very important ones, and they're all ones that are going to help rural post offices in particular.
I think it's very important to note that there are so many communities now that do not have a bank branch of any kind anymore. I've interviewed mayors of communities who've said, “Oh, we had a plan to set ourselves up as a retirement community and now that's in danger because we don't have any bank branches anymore. The senior citizen residents we wanted to attract don't want to come here because we don't have a bank branch.”
Therefore, I think it was a mistake to cancel that. If there was a problem, it should have been corrected. Canada Post still says it's going to offer more financial services. That's still the plan. We haven't seen those financial services yet, but I hope it moves forward in that direction.
Of course, I think the main thing to do is offer postal banking services. They can be offered in a number of different ways. In the U.K., postal banking services were introduced in a different way—