See how useful committee meetings are, Mr. Chair. People find out things they didn't know. Municipal elections were just held, and people are finding out about an available service only now. From now on, they are going to use it.
I want to use the little bit of time I have left to shine the light on how the needs of rural areas differ from those of urban centres. We've already talked about that. It's one thing to have a compartment in a community mailbox that is 500 metres away. By the way, that's what we have in my region. However, if there is no public transit for people to get to the post office in the main town, that is another thing.
What is the reality in rural areas? I'd like to hear the witnesses' comments on that. Let's not forget that Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba and the Maritimes are all home to communities with exactly the same needs and realities we are talking about today.
Do you feel that you are being heard, that the reforms at Canada Post are taking your respective needs and realities into account?
Mr. St‑Amour, you can go first.