Canada Post looks at the issue of hours of service of postal offices on a regular basis. It is looking at traffic patterns and post office use. This is very standard procedure for the post office. So if there are increases in terms of demand, then they will increase the hours of services. Where decreases occur, they have to make adjustments to the offices. So Quebec is not being singled out. They do this consistently across the country. Where there are fewer customers making fewer purchases, and traditional letter mail is declining--it's declined on average I think about 17%--they have to review the scheduled hours. The hours reflect the usage.
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