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Kate 14:36 on 2025-05-16 Permalink Reply  

• Taylor C. Noakes 15:47 on 2025-05-16 Permalink

  First of all, is this the same William Kaplan who groundlessly accused Stevie Cameron of being a confidential informant for the RCMP, and wrote that book of Mulroney-Airbus apologia?

  Second, why is Canada Post expected to run as a business rather than a public service?

  Why are we doing the same thing the Americans are doing to the USPS?

  Why isn’t the federal government interested in maintaining one of the few services that connects government ot citizens directly, in a positive way?

  And why is Canada Post never given the option to make money for itself, like through the postal banking service they’ve long said would help boost their revenue?

  Why are we so committed to causing our own failure in this country?

• Kevin 16:16 on 2025-05-16 Permalink

  My 2 cents: it’s a bleedover from the corporate trend to silo divisions of a company in order to pretend companies aren’t profitable / justify eliminating employees.

  It’s laughable logic because seen through that metric the overlords making those decisions also are not moneymakers and so should be fired, but…

• Tim 13:52 on 2025-05-17 Permalink

  A couple of things to note:

  • the USPS is heavily subsidized by the US government. That is why shipping in the States is so much cheaper than Canada Post. It’s not run like a business

  • Canada Post has lost more than 3 billion dollars since 2018 and is bleeding hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter.

  • it would not surprise me if there is a charter that limits its ability to diversify. Certainly any effort that might eat into the profits of our banks would not be tolerated by the establishment.

  Canada Post must reimagine itself and its place in Canadian society based on what Canadians need today and in the future. And most of us would have no problem going once a week to retrieve our mail at a community mailbox located a reasonable distance from where we live.