Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank both of our witnesses for joining us today.
I have to admit that this is much more interesting than I thought it would be. I've really appreciated your testimony here. It's caused me to wonder why you both, Mr. Ryder and Mr. Lee, can speculate on the number of jobs that could be lost. We heard from our minister earlier that he didn't give that a thought, because it's not his job. I think that's an interesting take-away for me.
I'm going to direct my first questions to Mr. Lee.
You have long commented on the future of Canada Post, the postal services here in Canada, with an obviously long-standing interest in that corporation. Would you say that you believe that the government has been aware of the deteriorating state of the postal service for some time, as you have indicated?