Evidence of meeting #22 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was plan.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Thank you very much. Thanks for being with us today.
I have a quick question before we send you on your way. Mr. Patzer brought up the urban-rural issue, and it's been brought up several times. Stuff that was declared rural in 1994 is now smack dab in the middle of big cities. What's it going to take to change that or to address it? Does it require legislative change? Does it require an order from the government? Is that something that you can change arbitrarily? It sounds like it's a common-sense thing to do immediately.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Post Corporation
It is a common-sense thing to do, because the country has changed a lot. We have been discussing it with the government. We're going to take their guidance on it, but there is new information from Statistics Canada.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Can you make that decision yourself, or does it require the government to make a change to allow you to...?
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Post Corporation
As far as I know, Mr. Chair, we can move forward with our own decisions, but again, we'll be very careful on that. As I said, the first phase will be the urban areas where there's obvious duplication, where you can literally see a dealer and a corporate in one frame.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
The example of Gatineau comes up. It is considered rural. I hope that does get addressed soon, because it keeps coming up.
Thank you for being with us. Before you go, I just want to mention that you have a Donald Cooper, who is our Alberta-based manager for government affairs. He is always an incredible help, so I wanted to pass that on.
Colleagues, we have in our translation booth Andre, who is finishing up his tenure with us. He has been with us—no, don't clap yet—since 1971. He has served 17 different parliaments.
Congratulations, Andre.
[Applause]
That's absolutely spectacular. Colleagues....
Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Conservative
Kelly Block Conservative Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, SK
I'm sorry.
Before you adjourn, there is something I would like to just.... I don't know if it's a point of order, but.... Are you ready to adjourn?
Conservative
Kelly Block Conservative Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, SK
Okay. I want to touch on the previous meeting we had at this committee regarding my privilege motion. I think I asked you if we needed to report privilege to the House. After inviting the officials back and confirming that Mr. Jennings has reflected and noted that the only thing that was true from his first appearance was that Stellantis had agreed to what ISED had proposed, quite frankly, I'm not satisfied that we have brought this issue to an end, and I just want to reserve the right to bring this back.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Certainly. I appreciate that, and I will commit to you that I'm going to read the blues and that I'm going to review the video as well. That's something we can address when we come back in January.
I want to thank everyone and wish everyone a wonderful Christmas. All of our support staff who are with us today, all of our members and all of our team, I wish you a very merry Christmas.
As for those watching at home, I hope you'll tune in later to “An OGGO Christmas Carol”, where the chair is visited by the estimates of past, present and future.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Have a fantastic Christmas, everyone, and a wonderful new year. Thank you. We are adjourned.
