Once everyone is capable of using etransfers, Canada post gets buried with Blockbuster Video
Another Canada Post strike
- Thread starter Phil C. McNasty
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Its inevitable can't be stopped. Just like all the private companies delivering stuff today.
so you are ok with Chinese drones opening and reading our mail?
at least Amazon deliveries are all done by your countrymen
Ideally we make our own and buy a few to copy.
If Ukraine can, we can too.
Drones aren't the answer for mail, though.
So the posties decided that, at least for now, they will only refuse to work overtime. No picket lines yet.
I'll still be nervous about putting important stuff in the regular lettermail.
I'll still be nervous about putting important stuff in the regular lettermail.
The porta-potties have been dropped off and according to my source, the strike is definite go
Our system of labour laws simply doesn't work in the public sector or the extended public sector. By contrast, in the private sector, both management and the union face the very real threat that an extended labour disruption could result in the permanent loss of customers served by the business and, ultimately, closure of the business. That reality tends to get people on both sides focussed quickly on what it will really take to settle. There are no such motivators when government creates monopolies over spectific kinds of work. In a public sector strike, the government entity actually SAVES money, as their budgeted support from treasury is already written in stone. They get their money whether they perform a service or not. The union doesn't have to fear that their work will be redirected to a competitive service. They can essentially hold the public hostage, courtesy of public sector labour policy. The only people who suffer from such strikes are the public who rely on these services.
Canada needs to be able to admit we've made a few mistakes along the way when it comes to public policy in labour law. Unfortunately, to the left "progress" never means fixing mistakes. It always means doubling down on the same mistakes.
Unreliable postal service is just one of the infrasture deficiencies that discourage business investment in Canada.
Canada needs to be able to admit we've made a few mistakes along the way when it comes to public policy in labour law. Unfortunately, to the left "progress" never means fixing mistakes. It always means doubling down on the same mistakes.
Unreliable postal service is just one of the infrasture deficiencies that discourage business investment in Canada.
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