Government Operations committee  My name is François Senneville. I'm very happy to be here, a little nervous, but happy. If I'm a bit nervous, it's obviously because the subject on the agenda is dear to my heart. As national director of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, it's my job to protect the good jobs

Government Operations committee  On the question of how I see where we stand with Canada Post, I think we should be thinking more about renewing the corporation, improving it and bringing it up to date. Canada Post has to bring itself up to date, as does trade unionism in general. I come from a union, so I can s

Government Operations committee  This is a 35-year-old guy saying it. I decided to speak up today. I do not see us in a position to survive. Why I am speaking up about it is that the figures that the public and the union have access to are the ones reported by Canada Post, the financial statements everyone has a

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Ayoub.

Government Operations committee  I am not alarmist, but I am not in denial either. Canada Post does make millions of dollars in profits, but that is not an enormous amount for a corporation with revenue in the billions of dollars. The corporation could be in better health. That is why we are studying ways of imp

Government Operations committee  Installing the community mailboxes cost $75 million. The money saved...

Government Operations committee  I understand the principle, except that, if you are talking about profits or savings made during the years or months that followed the installation of the community mailboxes, we do not yet have the concrete results because that is very recent. We are told that everything stoppe

Government Operations committee  I will try to answer quickly. We have received Canada Post's financial results for two quarters for this year. The second quarter is always the one when Canada Post makes the least money. Even though the figures are really low, the second quarter of 2016 is still the best second

Government Operations committee  I would like to mention two things. I will give you, as an example, a situation that has happened in the past and is going on now in Gaspé. A post office was operating well and there were no financial difficulties. Two blocks away, there was a pharmacy in which a postal counter

Government Operations committee  From the point when people have their security clearance at Canada Post, reliance is placed on the human capacity to learn. Obviously, the people at Canada Post are capable of doing a particular job. When we talk about postal banking, the idea that immediately comes to mind is t

Government Operations committee  If I may, I think the CEO's resignation has been requested in the past. We are watching what will happen next. Our organization will be bargaining in a year, not even. Obviously, we are waiting.

Government Operations committee  It is a particular situation. We are talking about improving things and proposing new creative approaches in the corporation. It is possible to do it, but we cannot do it with the existing management. As I explained earlier, there is a very complete appendix to our collective ag

Government Operations committee  It is possible under Appendix T, and that is done by bargaining. During the bargaining process, there was talk, for example, about delivering parcels evenings and weekends. There was talk about extending services so letter carriers could be on the streets not just from 7:00 a.m.

Government Operations committee  If I understood correctly, the issue for employees is somewhat the same as for the corporation: to incorporate postal banking into the corporation. For the employees, that also implies acquiring knowledge, improving their work, and then amazing job opportunities. The way to test

Government Operations committee  I had made copies of Appendix T for everyone, but I see that they have not been distributed. In any event, you should receive your copy a little later, and otherwise you can find the appendix on our Internet site. Appendix T to our collective agreement gives the members of the s