Another Canada Post strike

[Phil C. McNasty]

There's a bunch of countries who have either partially or fully privatized their mail services. So it can be done.
Canada as a country is huge however, so it might be more challenging

Postal service privatization - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[K Douglas]

Given it takes a week to send a simple regular size envelope from Toronto to Montreal, and even a bit longer to Winnipeg, I see absolutely no reason that more than twice a week lettermail home delivery is necessary. And given the small quantity of mail most individual people receive at their residences, I seriously doubt that there would be any mail slot, apartment box, or community box overflow.

It may be a different story for small businesses...

I think this is already happening now at least at my office. Delivery is sporadic maybe 2 x per week one week then 3x per week the next. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the later afternoon.

 

[oral.com]

I didn't receive several cheques the last time around. Took me months to collect from 2 clients. Fuck Canada Post.

Once everyone is capable of using etransfers, Canada post gets buried with Blockbuster Video

 

[oral.com]

Home delivery is sucking Canada Post dry.
Unfortunately the political optics around the right to home delivery keeps this expensive system going.

In the 80’s CP introduced superboxes to all new housing developments, they made 26 million the first year after years of losses.

But, Canadians really hated those boxes and when the Trudeau Liberal government was elected they stopped CP from building any more.

I predict binding arbitration will be imposed and home delivery will not be cut. The Feds will keep bailing CP out.

 

[farquhar]

Once everyone is capable of using etransfers, Canada post gets buried with Blockbuster Video

It's the individual Banks that set the limits for E-transfers; the limit has to be high enough in order to render cheques obsolete.

I can send an E-transfer up to $7,500/day with BMO, which should be sufficient for most payments to Contractors.

CIBC, by comparison, has the ceiling set at $3,000/day.

Interac should force all participants in the E-transfer service to have one standardized set of limits.

 

[onthebottom]

USPS has some of the same issues, in stead of 6 day mail service id support 3 days a week, you need half the people and vehicles and who can’t wait an extra day.

 

[Frankfooter]

In just a few short years this organization has gone from losing $100 million to losing almost a billion. This despite increased revenue believe it or not. Maybe they should worry less about ESG and DEI and more about gaining efficiencies and finding new markets.

There are more people/addresses and people are mailing fewer letters.
Unless they expand to weekends and take on parcels and compete with couriers they will lose money.

The question is whether its worth it to Canadians to pay for mail, if it should be scrapped and there be no public mail or if we should invest more so they can take on parcels and compete as a business.

 

[JuanGoodman]

give the mail to Amazon

they will deliver it on time

 

[Frankfooter]

give the mail to Amazon

they will deliver it on time

You want to give a Canadian business to americans?

 

[jeff2]

Spoke to a Purolator(owned by Canada Post by the way) walker guy about 5 years ago just around retirment. He was making $ 35 bucks an hour then. He started in 1979.
Not sure how it works with wages and senority at Canada Post these days.

 

[Vinson]

Many years ago I bought perhaps 100 hardcore porn DVDs online all at once (don't ask why), and somehow that package mysteriously got lost.

The only package of mine that's ever gone missing.

No shit . Mine wasn't that bad it was a pick with blank USB sticks.

 

[jeff2]

Many years ago I bought perhaps 100 hardcore porn DVDs online all at once (don't ask why), and somehow that package mysteriously got lost.

The only package of mine that's ever gone missing.

Disturbing.

 

[JuanGoodman]

You want to give a Canadian business to americans?

amazon.ca

 

[xmontrealer]

I remember postal strikes back when I was living in Montreal, and there were reports of bags of undelivered mail in ditches in rural Quebec.

The union has said it will continue to deliver social security type cheques despite the strike.

That is, unless Canada Post decides to impose a lock-out to prevent wrongdoing or sabotage by the workers on strike.

 

[Frankfooter]

amazon.ca

You think that's Canadian?

 

[The Mechanic]

Normal letter from Newmarket to Brampton mail on the 7 just got it today a whole 15 days WAY to go Canada Post, and they wounder why people hate the post office

 

[nottyboi]

How about we do home delivery with drones or robots?

 

[JuanGoodman]

You think that's Canadian?

you can try Enbridge, they are Canadian

but I don't think that they are very good with door to door deliveries

 

[JuanGoodman]

How about we do home delivery with drones or robots?

we don't have any drones left

we sent them all to Ukraine

 

[nottyboi]

we don't have any drones left

we sent them all to Ukraine

I am sure China will sell us more.