Essential public services aren't supposed to be corporate profit hogs! What if we took the same stance with healthcare? Public transit? Police services? This is all positioning by the employer to bully the union into a CA with concessions.
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This is where private enterprise always fails at providing an essential public service : market failure--where profitability takes priority over essential service.
Honestly,two to three times a week delivery would be good enough and supermailboxes are better than home delivery if they are close enough. If rural areas could choose which post office or supermailboxes to pick up from they would rapidly give up home delivery.
PM Carney and Industry Minister Joly need to look at bringing Canada Post back into public service and add banking/delivery services and other things which have happened in other countries to make their Postal Services successful.
Maybe we should fund it properly. This is not a competitive courier company. It’s an essential service that millions of Canadians as well as small businesses depend on.
Efficiency is one thing. Expecting it to break even or make money is another.
CP is the only option for remote area people and businesses There's no competition because private carriers simply won't cover unprofitable regions. Better the post office get federal funding to deal with this reality imo
Crown corporations should be run to fill service gaps that exist with private corporations. Their goal should not be profit but to give all Canadians equal access.
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Maybe we should fund it properly. This is not a competitive courier company. It’s an essential service that millions of Canadians as well as small businesses depend on.
Efficiency is one thing. Expecting it to break even or make money is another.
Government is not a business.
- provide Canada Post with revenue
- provide expanded services for rural communities
- cut profits from big banks
they want Canada Post to fail so Purolator & FedEx win
they want Healthcare to fail so UnitedHealth can take over here too