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Canada
Taxpayers on
hook to save
Canada Post
For years, Canada Post
has been telling us that
continuing door-to-
door mail delivery made no
sense in the age of the Inter-
net, given the dramatic
reductions in traditional
mail.
That without taking drastic
action, the crown corpora-
tion would become a dead
weight around taxpayers'
necks. For that reason, it
embarked on a rescue plan
to save itself.
This included a dramatic
increase in the cost of mail-
ing letters, eliminating door-
to-door delivery for the one-
third of Canadian
households that still have it
and laying off 8,000 employ-
ees by attrition.
Then the federal election
happened and Canada Post
slammed itself into reverse,
putting an immediate mora-
torium on its own rescue
plan.
The reason is Liberal
prime minister -designate
Justin Trudeau's promise
during the campaign to,
"stop Stephen Harper's plan
to end door-to-door mail
delivery in Canada and
undertake a new review of
Canada Post, to make sure
that it provides high-quality
service at a reasonable price
to Canadians, no matter
where they live."
What we're interested in
hearing from Trudeau after
he officially becomes prime
minister this week is how he
plans to both continue door-
to-door delivery and lower
the costs to Canadians
This given that in his elec-
tion platform, Trudeau said it
was "unacceptable" that "by
ending door-to-door mail
delivery, Stephen Harper is
asking Canadians to pay more
for less service."
The postal workers' union,
in a bid to save jobs, has pro-
posed the illogical idea of
having the post office expand
into areas beyond its core
mandate, such as banking.
Canada Post makes money,
for now. But its rescue plan
was its own admission that its
long-term economic pros-
pects are grim.
The long -overdue solution
is to privatize Canada Post's
mail delivery function, allow-
ing the private sector to com-
pete for the public's business.
We believe Canada Post
should be reduced to a small
public service agency, con-
tinuing to deliver mail to
remote communities and to
Canadians who cannot get
to community mail boxes,
such as the disabled and
elderly.
But what it looks like will
happen under Trudeau is that
the post office will limp along,
eventually becoming a finan-
cial burden to taxpayers in
favour of appeasing special
interest groups.
letter to the editor
Hats off to the Van Egmond House
fundraisers
This is the kind of work
that our Van Egmond House
fund raising efforts are used
for. The Van Egmond House
was in need of getting brick
repair work to preserve this
Heritage Crown Jewel we
have in Huron East. This
work is being completed as I
write this post. Thanks to all
who came out and
supported our fund raising
functions this year and I
look forward to seeing you
next year! Also a thanks to
the Huron County Heritage
group for giving us this grant
to help us offset the total
cost of this big project.
Thanks and take care.
Ray Chartrand
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