Government Operations committee  I think it's always been assumed to be one of the things that jells and holds the country together, so I would agree with that comment.

Government Operations committee  Certainly, there would be a common understanding, I believe, at most levels of government that there should be consultation with the citizens who are affected by decisions.

Government Operations committee  In terms of the direction we received from city council, we're limited in what we can provide to the committee. We had no input from our city council in terms of responding to that particular recommendation.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I was just going to say that. In those circumstances those are in the development of new subdivisions where there's a whole new infrastructure, new roads, new service lines running in. That's the most appropriate time to coordinate those sorts of decisions.

Government Operations committee  I can't speak to the specifics. We have a number of situations in which easements are common between SaskPower, SaskTel, and SaskEnergy.

Government Operations committee  Well, I certainly can't speak to SaskTel specifically, but I did mention the example of SaskPower, in which we get essentially a franchise fee for their distribution of infrastructure across the city, which is probably the major infrastructure that is involved. But again, we have

Government Operations committee  In terms of maintenance, for example, it would be for snow clearance, and if there are situations—

Government Operations committee  Well, they clear in front of the box, but if they're throwing snow on the street, that doesn't help us, especially in busy areas, so there are issues there. In terms of capital costs, certainly there should be access for people with reduced mobility to those locations, so if so

Government Operations committee  I guess I should—

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. I should clarify that I'm here as an administration representative for the city, since our mayor was not able to be here. There will be political responses that our leadership might be able to provide, but I wouldn't be in a position to do that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, if that is directed to the city. Again, since our political leader isn't here I wouldn't be able to respond on her behalf. Our city council's preference would be the restoration of door-to-door service.

Government Operations committee  This will take probably a few years to sort itself through, if it remains the delivery model we're left with. Both the maintenance costs and the adjustments for snow plowing in particular will have to sort themselves out in a regular winter, which last winter wasn't. The capital

Government Operations committee  Frankly, we haven't surveyed other communities to determine what their responses are. We're just dealing from our own circumstances, so we believe that this is a matter of fairness and not being downloaded with expenses that weren't properly ours in the first place.

Government Operations committee  The direction from our city council is that their preference is that door-to-door delivery be maintained. As an administration, our presence here is to portray what our city council has put on record, so that's their preference. If compensation ends up to be the ultimate result,

Government Operations committee  The predominance of our older citizens live in older neighbourhoods. The newer subdivisions, which would have had mailbox delivery from the 1990s to 2000s, are typically younger urban families.