Government Operations committee  Well, 2016 was before my time, but what I can say is that as we've had discussions with the government about our service charter obligations as they stand for our business now, they are stated against a named moratorium basis. In that vein, we are aware of the rural areas and pos

Government Operations committee  Yes, we can share that. We can commit to that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As Alex mentioned, there were a number of instances last year. The one thing that I would like to mention is that last year we did deploy a mobile post office to a community in British Columbia, I believe—but I would like to get back to you on that s

Government Operations committee  Yes, and we can characterize it, as appropriate. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Bachrach, thank you for the question. I would first like to say that with regard to postmasters, we recognize the role they play in the community—

Government Operations committee  What I can say is that it differs, depending on the community, so to get you the most accurate information, I would like to follow up with you with the actual numbers. There are regional adjustments that we make for postmasters, depending on where communities are.

Government Operations committee  With regard to the compensation, there are wages and there is a stipend for real estate, as you mentioned. What I can say is that we adhere to our long-standing and normal practices for postmasters in these remote communities to provide facilities where, unfortunately, sometimes

Government Operations committee  I believe, as my colleague outlined, that the moratorium is a core part of the Canadian Postal Service Charter, which outlines our expectations around universal service. It also mandates that we maintain “convenient access to postal services”. We run the largest national network

Government Operations committee  As we understand it, the 1994 moratorium named 4,000 post offices in communities. It's on a named basis.

Government Operations committee  From a service perspective, the service we have to provide in all communities is defined within the service charter, as we mentioned, but who the moratorium applies to is on a named basis.

Government Operations committee  I wasn't around in 1994 to speak about how specific communities were taken.... I can get back to the member with a better answer from our team. What we abide by right now, with regard to our obligations under the service charter—which we fully respect—is based on the names withi

Government Operations committee  Having grown up in north Toronto, I also recognize that Richmond Hill is a very urbanized part of the country, and frankly, the country has changed a lot, both in delivery and urbanization, since 1994. The fact remains that with regard to the moratorium, we adhere to it, given

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure I fully understand the question. Can you elaborate?

Government Operations committee  I will distinguish “service” in two regards. One is delivery services, which my colleague can speak to on the operations side. With regard to the moratorium, which focuses specifically on whether post offices in these named communities can be converted or closed, the Richmond