Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, I would like to look at the situation. We need to research. If I had a solution that I would be sure would work, I would have announced it today. What I want to ask after we restore service to Canadians is different.
I thank the member for his question. Not only the minister and his officials but there are Canada Post officials, the union and other businesses, big and small, and researchers, people in the universities who look at postal relations.
We have a situation where 55% of the business of Canada Post is a monopoly and 45% competes directly with private sector businesses. The question we have to ask ourselves is should we continue? How do we balance that 45% and 50%? Should we have the right to strike and a monopoly? What about the competition with the private sector?
It is a very complex question. I hope to ask some experts of different backgrounds and have them propose some solutions which we can implement. Then the next time the collective agreement is ready to expire we can have a negotiated settlement and not a recourse to disruption of services that is very costly. Canadians like their Canada Post services all across the country.