Mr. Speaker, the mandate of Canada Post is to provide the best possible service at the least possible cost. Now postal rates are going up. Service is going down. Yet last year Canada Post paid the federal government $200 million plus $12 million more in dividends.
I ask the minister responsible for Canada Post, where in the act does it say that Canada Post has to be some cash cow for the government? By what authority does Canada Post pay dividends at the expense of service to Canadians?