It is not an equal playing field; that is the problem. We have the responsibility to offer service to all Canadians at a set price, and as a result, our cost structure is much higher than it would be if we did not have this type of responsibility. Foreign postal administrations do not have this responsibility. Therefore, what they do is cherry picking: they pick the cherries from our market and they have no responsibility in that regard. It is not balanced.
Free trade is a good thing if it happens in an orderly fashion on a level playing field and if all of the stakeholders have the same responsibilities and the same business opportunities. This is currently not the case. If you give foreign postal administrations the most profitable part of our market while they have no responsibility to deliver the mail in Canada, we will no longer have the means to serve Canadians.
Remailing is illegal because it's not happening on a level playing field.