I am always amazed at how many people do not understand this. Phone companies right before they started becoming almost “essential”, power companies, water/sanitation companies, healthcare “you know excluding eyes and teeth because they have nothing to do with healthcare” that they’re pushing to privatize, etc etc. So why does anyone think that privatizing Canada Post will be any different, and sure as shit it will be some stupid Tech company that will just have another means to amass your information to sell.

Now don’t get me wrong, there needs to be a change at Canada Post (and the CBC but that’s another topic), but privatization is not the answer, and neither is the current way it’s going. The person who mentioned how Ireland has adapted their postal service makes a valid point and it should be looked at.

Canadians will not be better served by privatization but some greedy asshole billionaire will, unless it gets bought by the employees.

Yes government organizations are rife with inefficiencies but it would be better to attempt to solve those problems.

I do not get a lot of useful mail from Canada Post, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a valuable service for Canadians. There just needs to be less junk mail what a complete waste of resources, and why the hell do companies have the right to force their trash on me. Bet that gets better with privization /s

I invite everyone to post more (poll) articles with better titles so we can all be more informed and engaged. ️

The point is: do you need that stuff delivered daily? Or would it be fine if it only came on Fridays?

You made it sound like you are for privatization. I am good getting my mail once a week. As long as it is free. I depend on it.

You seem to be saying that CP is losing money on their revenue-generating business facing services like flier delivery. What’s your source?

Canada post is a service not a business. It should never be privatized.

If this is true then 38% should be deported to texas and we can bring in more immigrants to take their place.

Unless it’s for packages does anyone really need junk-mail delivery every day?

Most stuff has like a month for paying off statements and whatnot.

It’s not free. It’s never been free. It’s $1.23 per letter for mail. But that $1.23 is way below cost. Canada Post lost over a billion dollars in 2024. The question is who should pay for the shortfall?

I think big companies sending out all those financial statements and bills should be paying more for postage. Others around here seem to think taxpayers should be subsidizing their postage. That makes no sense to me! We’re talking about billion dollar corporations. Why do they need a subsidy to send people mail?

I meant cheap. And i agree.

Privatization in general doesn’t need to be a disaster either as long as good rules are setup, allowing and pushing for competition.

Any core functions for a country (you know, water, electricity, internet) should be under much, much harsher rules to ensure people get good quality of whatever the service is

Internet, for example, is a shitshow in Canada. I’ll get twice more for twice less in Mexico with less interruption. Yes, Rogers, you incompetent idiots, I’m looking at you. Telus isn’t much better but at least slightly more competent on average