Government Operations committee  As you've indicated, Canada Post does need to start thinking outside the box in terms of the kinds of services it can provide. Growing up in an urban centre, I got used to having those postal services available. I worry about people in small communities who can't drive anymore, w

Government Operations committee  The model is interesting, but I think it's unrealistic to expect that community hubs of those kinds would meet the service obligations of postal workers.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I mean of Canadians.

Government Operations committee  I wouldn't presume to assume what the Prime Minister is doing or thinking. What I do know is that a great many of the statistics upon which Canada Post has relied to justify its actions are either misleading or out-and-out false. The task force, I believe, relied on certain figur

Government Operations committee  That would be my understanding. I know that at least part of one of the major writedowns in the last few years at Canada Post had to do with the fact that Canada Post was ordered to repay a certain pay equity figure in the neighbourhood of $200 million in order to satisfy, I beli

Government Operations committee  Uh, no.

Government Operations committee  That's not it entirely, but yes.

Government Operations committee  Full disclosure: I'm a retired letter carrier and my father is a retired letter carrier. My father and mother raised four children on the wages of a letter carrier. Those wages also allowed us the privilege of attending university. The fact that my father, who is now 88 years old

Government Operations committee  No, I'm personally not confident in the current management. I think it has quite clearly shown its orientation, which is to move away from expanded services.

Government Operations committee  I'd be pleased to wade in on that. I'm finding it particularly puzzling that Canada Post continues to fight the inclusion of or the elevation of services to rural communities. I know that one of the biggest issues in the latest round of bargaining was seeking equity for rural and

Government Operations committee  From a purely political standpoint, I'm inclined to think that Canada Post management hitched its wagon, essentially, to the previous Conservative government, which for ideological reasons wanted to simply reduce the presence of government as a whole in our communities and in our

Government Operations committee  I would be inclined to agree that the generation of more revenue is actually one of the keys. I'm a lifelong resident of the city of Calgary. I have lived through four separate boom-and-bust cycles in the oil patch. One of the most devastating aspects, something I believe the oil

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