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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 Internet, given the dra-
matic reductions in traditional mail.
That without taking drastic action, the
crown corporation would become a
dead weight around taxpayers' necks.
For that reason, it embarked on a res-
cue plan to save itself.
This included a dramatic increase in
the cost of mailing letters, eliminating
door-to-door delivery for the one-third
of Canadian households that still have it
and laying off 8,000 employees by
attrition.
Then the federal election happened
and Canada Post slammed itself into
reverse, putting an immediate morato-
rium on its own rescue plan.
The reason is Liberal prime minister -
designate Justin Trudeau's promise dur-
ing 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 rea-
sonable 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 election 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 proposed the illogical idea
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Liberal prime minister -designate Justin Trudeau's promise during the federal election 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."
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 admis-
sion that its long-term economic pros-
pects are grim.
The long -overdue solution is to pri-
vatize Canada Post's mail delivery
function, allowing the private sector to
compete for the public's business.
We believe Canada Post should be
reduced to a small public service
agency, continuing 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
financial burden to taxpayers in favour
of appeasing special interest groups.
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