Mr. Speaker, there is a tired old cliché that the cheque is in the mail. Instead of corporations, let us take a look at the effect this postal strike is having on ordinary Canadians.
Let us take the case of Judy Gillespie from Union Bay, B.C. who went to the unemployment office to get her cheque and was told the cheque was in the mail. However it was not delivered. It is lost somewhere in post office limbo. Amid tears she tells a tale of two young children with nothing, I repeat nothing to eat.
What does the minister who has denied the urgency of this matter have to say to this mother and her young children? Judy Gillespie and thousands of others like her are listening to his answer right now.