Government Operations committee  If it's a fair playing field for everybody, meaning all the postal or parcel providers and not just Canada Post, that's something that's perhaps worth exploring. Otherwise it's not worth it.

Government Operations committee  I agree with what François just said, that at this point there are other options to look at. If you look at the experience of large pension plans in the U.S. that went from DB to DC, in the space of only 10 years, I believe it was, they all went back to DB and found solutions to

Government Operations committee  I find that interesting, actually, because in the last round of bargaining that we just concluded in August, that is one of the proposals we submitted to the corporation, and it was refused.

Government Operations committee  I think we would certainly be interested in learning more about it and listening to them if they were to talk to us. Your previous question, as I understood it, was whether they had spoken to us. I stand on my answer; they have certainly not approached us. Would we be open to

Government Operations committee  The short answer is no.

Government Operations committee  Indeed, the unions and management of the Canada Post Corporation agree on this. They think that there is a serious problem and we have to find solutions. In fact, for the first time in the history of the Canada Post Corporation, following Minister Flaherty's announcement in 2013

Government Operations committee  We quite agree. This is one of the things the unions agree on. The report that was submitted to you indicates that 7% of Canadians would be in favour of opening a bank account at a postal bank. That is a huge percentage, and 22% of merchants also say that they are interested. Tha