Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary asked the member for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour for some facts.
I have some facts here from Canada Post's financial results from 2003 to 2012.
The fact of the matter is that except for 2011, it made a substantial profit. Even in 2012, Canada Post, from operations before taxes, made $131 million. That is the group of companies. Canada Post, specifically, made $98 million.
I have to ask the parliamentary secretary, when the Canada Post group of companies made roughly $1,581,000,000 over 10 years, what has happened all of a sudden? Is the member for Random—Burin—St. George's right when she says there really is a move here to create the conditions to privatize Canada Post? Is that really what is happening on the government side? Is it creating the conditions for privatization of Canada Post when, in fact, it has been making money?
It made this announcement when not many people were watching and it does not look at other options. What is wrong here? What really is the government's game? I ask because, ultimately, the minister is responsible for it, even though it is a crown corporation.