Government Operations committee  I believe that across Canada they figured it out to be about 27 years.

Government Operations committee  About the problems in 2011...?

Government Operations committee  As we were saying earlier, it has been a complete cut-off of communication. It's a one-way communiqué—ours going in this direction, with a closed door, and his coming this way, with a closed door.

Government Operations committee  As far as costs being raised for business owners is concerned, I completely agree with him. It doesn't need to happen, because we're a profitable entity. We are meant to break even, but that has flown over the heads of many of us, apparently, and he's right that we are a public s

Government Operations committee  Forgive me for not believing the projections, because they were off by $555 million in one year.

Government Operations committee  The unfortunate part is what I see for Canada Post and what I believe is going to happen with Canada Post unless serious things happen with the government right now, such as, as you said, postal banking. I can see us thinking outside the box and offering services to these smaller

Government Operations committee  I actually found the number for how much it's going to cost or has cost. The CMB conversion, which is only partially completed, has cost $210 million.

Government Operations committee  Sorry; that's the number given to us by Canada Post themselves.

Government Operations committee  It starts with a “P”.

Government Operations committee  I wish it were for sustainability. I think the changes in the long run point to privatization. It's an unfortunate—

Government Operations committee  That “P”. It's an unfortunate—

Government Operations committee  Specific to what I was speaking about, or was it Gordon?

Government Operations committee  I was speaking about the rural post offices and the postmasters who are working there. They're cutting the hours in these offices and therefore, of course, their work is diminishing. They're going from full-time decent-paying jobs to part-time intermittent work. That's what I was

Government Operations committee  For some of those, yes, it is. They're justifying the cuts by saying we no longer need those positions.

Government Operations committee  It is not something that I have sitting in front of me, but I believe you may have something sitting in front of you. The Delivering Community Power document speaks to the CMB conversion, I believe.