Mr. Speaker, it was the Liberals in 1981 who established Canada Post as an independent arm's-length crown corporation and in law gave it a mandate to be financially self-sustaining. The Liberals doubled the price of stamps when they did it, too, but that is a different issue. The Liberals gave Canada Post the mandate to be financially self-sustaining. It is an obligation.
With letter mail declining by a billion pieces between 2006 and 2012, not unlike what is happening in other countries in the world, and revenues plummeting as a result, and Canada Post having to be financially self-sustaining, will the member opposite, like her colleague who is heckling right now, stick her head in the sand and suggest that there is no financial problem when Canada Post is losing $60 million a month right now? Will she admit that Canada Post has taken action to ensure that there are no financial problems down the road and that it will get back on track to being financially self-sustainable?