Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  I don't think the average person knows the pay difference when they go into a franchise, as they would if they went into a corporate retail outlet. I think they're more worried about the service they're receiving. The training level at a franchise is not equivalent to the trainin

Government Operations committee  I'm not an accountant and not a businessman. I think that paying workers a living wage is of the utmost importance to sustaining a business. When we're talking about postal banking, the revenues that other countries have shown have proven it would work. We could be paying those

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  They're franchise workers. Workers who work in a postal franchise, such as a Shoppers Drug Mart or Lawtons, are not unionized. When Canada Post sets up a franchise, it's up to that franchise owner, be it Lawtons or Shoppers Drug Mart, to staff that position. Canada Post comes in,

Government Operations committee  I deliver to quite a few disabled people in my community, and I think it's against their privacy rights for them to have to stand up and prove what disability they have. There are individuals who I deliver to who live in a community called Independence Place. They go there so tha

Government Operations committee  Once a franchise is created, it is up to that franchisee to staff it. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers loses a member and then they go into the private sector. If they are a non-unionized worker who works in a franchise, their pay scale is quite a bit lower. I know that in

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Before I begin, I'd like to recognize that this meeting is taking place on the lands of the Mi'kmaq first nation. Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak from a postal worker's point of view during this stag