Government Operations committee  Postal workers believe that the post office is profitable. I can't see any savings with the community mailboxes, just from what I see on a daily basis. We have unassigned employees now who are in our office every day. Some days they have work and some days they don't. We have let

Government Operations committee  You've named most types of door-to-door delivery. There are rural boxes at the end of the street and panels in the apartment buildings in the cities. Actually where my son lives in Vancouver, he has door-to-door delivery to his apartment door. We also consider delivery to a pers

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes, there would be some training involved, and there would be a set-up cost. We understand that, but it would also be a money earner for Canada Post at the same time.

Government Operations committee  The union has actually done quite a large study on postal banking and the different types of banking services that we could offer in different communities in different areas. We have the infrastructure. We have the employees.

Government Operations committee  So far it's been $210 million.

Government Operations committee  To date, yes, and there's still a lot more to do, if it continues.

Government Operations committee  I can go back about 15 or 20 years. We met with MPs in Ottawa when rural postal workers were starting to get organized, to unionize, and we met with several MPs who at that time told us that Canada Post should not be a crown corporation. That's where that line came from. They bel

Government Operations committee  As far as I know, a lot of this probably went through...even just with the last round of negotiations. We all kind of know that the last round of negotiations was just two huge lockout threats to put us out on the street. Canada Post doesn't seem to have any interest in expandi

Government Operations committee  It seems that way.

Government Operations committee  With the postal workers there was very little collaboration. There was a survey that did go out to the residents probably very early in the process, but the questions were so limited. It was, do you want small CMB, community mailbox, sites or do you want large CMB sites? There wa

Government Operations committee  Exactly, yes, it was so limited. A lot of people, if they didn't see the surveyor or find out about it in advance, the only time they found out about it was when the postal workers held a town hall meeting and we had about 200 residents who came and everybody in that meeting was

Government Operations committee  It would definitely make things a lot better. Mind you, as postal workers, we are against the loss of jobs and the implementation of CMBs across the country, but they don't work with us at all, on anything.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Bear with me, I'm a little nervous. I will be reading my speech. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about a topic that is very near and dear to my heart: our public post office. First, I'd like to say I'm not a banker or an accounta