Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the operational side referred to by a number of the Conservatives in saying we have to do these types of things as a cost-saving measure.
It is not the first time the Conservatives have used the idea of a financial crisis to provide or encourage certain directions. The direction we are seeing today with respect to Canada Post has caused a great deal of Canadians to be very fearful and very suspicious of what the current government's true motivations are with regard to Canada Post.
There is a fear factor out there related to the privatization of Canada Post. Who can blame the postal workers for seeing and understanding and appreciating that it is a real factor?
My question for the member is about operational costs, and I posed this question to the minister responsible for Canada Post. What is the cost of just the upper end of management—the president, the group presidents, the senior vice-presidents, the vice-presidents, just that group alone, some 21 or 22 people? What does it cost to have those individuals run Canada Post?