Indeed, public servants deserve to be paid. We agree on that.
Your mandate letter also concerns Canada Post. From one year to the next, the government invests approximately $22,210,000 in Canada Post, if I remember correctly. That said, in recent years, the government has also invested in Amazon Web Services, FedEx, and UPS, companies that compete directly with Canada Post. To be profitable, Canada Post needs to modernize. We've talked about this before. While the crown corporation has invested and continues to invest in modernization, it does not have the same resources as private companies.
Does the government intend to give Canada Post a boost so that it can complete its modernization and compete with the big American companies?