Government Operations committee  The majority of the businesses that spoke in support of retaining our post office actually used the post office, rather than delivery to their business. It's because they are shipping and receiving goods for their business, and that's how they are doing it. We heard from a couple about volumes—nowhere near the volumes that Meghan spoke of, of course.

Government Operations committee  It came as a surprise. We heard about it from one of our city councillors. It was totally out of the blue for me. I had heard nothing. I thought, “Well, before I jump in with my own views, I'd better find out what our business community thinks of it.” As I said earlier, I expected a lot of “motherhood and apple pie” type of feelings about having a post office in our downtown.