Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hello. This is the first year that we have had community mail boxes. The transition was quite difficult. There were locks that were frozen or defective. Personally, the lock on my community mail box has been changed three times in the recent months and it

Government Operations committee  Not to my knowledge.

Government Operations committee  A sub-contractor is responsible for the maintenance. Actually, the only communication we received was the written message last week informing us that all locks will be changed over coming weeks, in view of the problems we have had. That is a recent message and we did not receive

Government Operations committee  It was in the past year.

Government Operations committee  People will resist any kind of change. The common concern, even among those who accepted the community mail boxes, was for seniors and those with reduced mobility. Yet that describes our community. There are more and more people from villages or neighbouring communities who move

Government Operations committee  To my knowledge, there was very little communication. We learned that Bathurst was one of the cities in the province that would receive the new service. It was kind of hush hush.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  Yes, certainly. In our community, the people who accepted the community mail boxes report all the problems I mentioned with regard to location, safety, lighting, snow removal, winter maintenance, and parking. It would have been helpful if there had been some cooperation and com

Government Operations committee  No, I don't think so. It should be their responsibility. They provide the service and it should be A to Z.

Government Operations committee  We're all a newly elected council. There's nobody from the past. Having said that, from talking with previous councillors and city management, there seems to have been a lack of communication and collaboration. It's as if we were working in silos.

Government Operations committee  It should go to Canada Post. The target audience with those issues have limited revenues or fixed revenues, and everything is going up. I think it's an essential service. Having said that, the once-a-week pickup would create issues for the elderly, with the medical appointments

Government Operations committee  I think the advantage right now is all the outlets we have in Canada in the rural communities. It's a great network. Adding the service of postal banking is one, and how we can work more closely with our other federal departments, or even provincial departments, to provide certai