The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for the sale of Canada Post after the government unveiled reforms Thursday to end what Minister Joël Lightbound calls an “existential crisis."
I am old enough to remember when our postal service was privatized. We had mail delivery twice daily to the door at Christmas time. Back then, as it is now, the workers didn’t have degrees, most didn’t even graduate high school. Back then they were not unionized so they didn’t go on strike. They were happy to have a good job. Since Canada Post came into being I can’t even imagine what the average worker gets paid but I am expecting it is not minimum wage like most non post graduate workers get paid. Unions are a business. They create issues to justify the dues workers pay them. They need to go on strike to show how valuable they are. The only problem with unions today is the only one benefiting from the strikes is the union itself.
73 years old from a small Alberta town. there was never delivery to the door. You had to pay for a PO box or wait in line at the PO in business hours with no parking to pick up your mail free. We finally got group boxes that were free in the eighties. You must have lived in the privileged eastern part of Canada.
It is the model of the Federal Government.
These days typified by the Liberals but far from unique.
It's also a huge problem and as can be seen the mantra of "The Bureaucrat".
.... That mantra ...
IF IT'S FAILING THROW MORE MONEY AT IT.
IF IT CONTINUES TO FAIL ..
THROW EVEN MORE MONEY AT IT AND PRETEND TO REORGANIZE THE ABJECT FAILURE.
Canada Post cannot reasonably pay back the $1.0 billion, that is a stupid demand.
Mail delivery is still a necessary service. Privatization is not the answer, service would suffer.
Community mail boxes are the best answer.
There are far worse performing government departments like CRA, Treasury, Environment, etc. that provide much less value.
I am old enough to remember when our postal service was privatized. We had mail delivery twice daily to the door at Christmas time. Back then, as it is now, the workers didn’t have degrees, most didn’t even graduate high school. Back then they were not unionized so they didn’t go on strike. They were happy to have a good job. Since Canada Post came into being I can’t even imagine what the average worker gets paid but I am expecting it is not minimum wage like most non post graduate workers get paid. Unions are a business. They create issues to justify the dues workers pay them. They need to go on strike to show how valuable they are. The only problem with unions today is the only one benefiting from the strikes is the union itself.
73 years old from a small Alberta town. there was never delivery to the door. You had to pay for a PO box or wait in line at the PO in business hours with no parking to pick up your mail free. We finally got group boxes that were free in the eighties. You must have lived in the privileged eastern part of Canada.
Nope. I am 76. I grew up in Edmonton and we had delivery every week day and twice a day during the Christmas season.