Canada Post has a revenue-neutral mandate. They essentially are given the mandate by the government to cover their costs through their operations. I think it's fair to say that in remote communities and very small rural communities, it's very difficult to imagine how the service could possibly pay for itself just on the basis of population and the volume of parcels. There are some fixed costs in operating a post office that probably can't be justified based on the volume.
Is one of the solutions to think about rural and remote communities differently from the rest of Canada Post's services? Should there be a different mandate for rural delivery in Canada where we think about it more as an essential service and less as something that has to recover 100% of its costs?