I've been involved in working with your team to try to get post offices re-established. Your team on the ground does good work. But the starting wage for a rural postmaster is $18.44 an hour. The rent that you pay, the stipend, which covers rent, snow removal, insurance and all of these things, is $1,357 a year. Is the fact that Canada Post offers such poor compensation to rural postmasters part of the problem when it comes to recruiting and replacing postmasters? Is that what's driving this disturbing trend of rural post offices closing?
On May 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.