I'll go a bit differently. I think that in Canada we have already de facto—not de jure—privatized much of the post office in the biggest cities, like the Calgarys, the Montreals and the GTAs, etc. If you look at the stats and break it down, the national, regional and local private couriers have taken over a very large chunk of the business in the bigger cities in Canada. However, they haven't in the rural and remote communities, so I think we have to really look at the future of Canada Post. There are two completely different scenarios.
In the cities, I know all kinds of people who just don't use the post office. I'm talking about business and about individuals. If you go to the rural.... I grew up on a farm in rural eastern Ontario, in Lanark County. If you go to these small towns and communities, they're very dependent. I'm sure it's the same in rural Quebec.
I think we have to come up with two different solutions. One is for the rural and remote, because their needs are completely different, and there are no alternatives. In the urban areas across Canada, many Canadians have abandoned the post office, which is why there was not this huge blowback, as we saw in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, with the postal strike.