Mr. Speaker, a Canada Post that is self-sufficient, lean, and effective is an organization that will protect the jobs of its workers and the pensions of its workers and former workers. That is a key. One has to have a business that is actually generating revenue to ensure that people who work for it can be taken care of. That is the ultimate goal. It is also to ensure that the Canadian taxpayer is not the one who has to step in to make up for the losses.
A lot has been written regarding the decisions of Canada Post and its five-point action plan. This is worthy of repeating in the House. It is an editorial I read recently. It talks about how the world is changing. It states:
The traditional postal business model that worked so well in the pre-digital era is increasingly out of step with today's reality. Everyone may love getting mail, but who wants to keep funding antiquated business models that are only drifting further into irrelevance with the march of progress?
I invite the opposition to get with reality.