Government Operations committee  To deliver in a rural area—not what is considered an urban area—that's the outskirts of many cities. For example, an urban area would be a city like Toronto or Montreal and the major, big cities. Rural areas are the smaller communities on the outskirts of the big urban areas.

Government Operations committee  Could you repeat your question? I'm sorry.

Government Operations committee  For us, we feel they do the exact same work. We're in bargaining right now to try to get one collective agreement because we feel that both bargaining units do the exact same work. For us, the difference is that Canada Post, even though RSMCs are employees, is still making thes

Government Operations committee  What was the last word you said?

Government Operations committee  As postal workers, we've done a lot work with the communities to know what they need as well, and you've done a poll through the federal government saying that they do want an expansion of services in many communities. For us, like Dwayne said, each community is unique with its

Government Operations committee  In our collective agreements, we have consultation language. As well, we have what's called an appendix T, which talks about expansion of services, such as financial services, at Canada Post. As you heard my colleague, Dwayne, say very clearly, a lot of the time, consultations s

Government Operations committee  My members were not represented at those two companies; they are represented at Canada Post. For us, any time Canada Post makes a decision that is not seen to be financially the best, it's their decision. Again, we as postal workers want to expand services at Canada Post for th

Government Operations committee  We have seen, among the many letter carriers who deliver the mail in the wintertime with the thaws and freezes, many slips, trips and falls, and other health and safety issues. Canada Post was asking these workers to suppress these injuries, to self-accommodate and to not go thro

Government Operations committee  Postal workers love their jobs, and they love the Canadian public.

Government Operations committee  I can speak for my members. They have not received that kind of increase. We're in negotiations right now. Canada Post has their compensation models for the executives. We all know they all received bonuses throughout the pandemic. I would ask you to speak to Canada Post about t

Government Operations committee  Like I said, we're in bargaining right now, and we hope the government allows us to bargain a good, fair collective agreement, where people have a living wage and are able to have a defined benefit pension plan. We know members of Parliament all receive a good pension plan after

Government Operations committee  Also, for CUPW members, and as Dwayne said, we have temporary workers with a two-tiered wage, which was implemented by the Harper government. We've seen many young workers left behind because they're not guaranteed hours. We need to negotiate through this so everybody gets a li

Government Operations committee  We're not always consulted at the beginning of the process, but we consult at different parts of the process. Whenever they consult us at the beginning of the process, we are able to work together and find a solution where postal services are not lost in remote areas.

Government Operations committee  I could get back to you and provide you with the list we have. I don't know if we have an accurate list at this time, but we definitely would be able to provide that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. For CUPW, we know that many times we're the only ones in a community who actually come to the door, so it's very important for us to maintain our last-mile delivery. As I mentioned in my intervention earlier, many of the private courier companies use