Mr. Chairman, I don't want to take up much more of the committee's time on this.
The title here, “Notice of Amendment to Motion”, might cause some questions of concern for people, but really this is an amendment--I hope it will be considered a friendly amendment--to the motion that Mr. Fast has on the table. The intention is to draw attention to the fact that irrespective of what this committee might offer as an opinion, the minister still must do something that's very specific and required under parliamentary procedure and under the act.
What this does is say, look, you can clarify what Mr. Fast would like to have clarified by what it says under section B. Secondly, you can do it with the issuance of a directive to Canada Post. And in the interim, under section D, it protects everybody until this issue gets resolved.
There are people who have businesses and there are employees who depend on those businesses. There is Canada Post and its dependants. Irrespective of what they might do or might not do, the fact of the matter is that they're in a position where they can put a lot of people out on the street. Section D says this is the way to prevent that from happening while this thing gets resolved.