Gord Johns at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

I appreciate your acknowledging and protecting your postal workers. As you know, we're adhering to public health regulations and protecting public safety by exercising the “negotiated leave” provisions in collective agreements, as well.

We know the costs of COVID-19 absences, in other industries, were covered by EI and other emergency assistance programs. Can you speak about how that creates a different balance sheet from those of other private sector corporations?