Public does not support the deregulation of Canada Post!!!

“We don’t want Canada Post to be deregulated”   This is the message that a number of community groups, municipalities, and labour organizations are sending to the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review Panel. Deregulation would raise prices, reduce service, destroy jobs, hurt the environment and reduce the security and privacy of the mail

 

Municipalities say that postal service matters

Municipalities from coast to coast to coast have written letters to the Strategic Review Panel stating that postal deregulation would be bad for their community.

Rural towns understand what deregulation would do to their postal service.

The money that Canada Post earns as a result of providing service to large urban centers  subsidizes mail services to rural farms and villages and isolated communities.

So far, over 370 municipalities have provided submissions to the Panel opposing the deregulation of Canada Post.  Municipalities from all provinces are concerned, including:

• Armstrong B.C.
• Vegreville Alberta
• Carrot River Sask
• Rapid City Manitoba
• Pelham Ontario
• Municipalité de Lac-du-Cerf, Quebec
• Eel River Crossing New Brunswick
• Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia
• Town of Bonavista, Newfoundland

Over 75 municipalities from Quebec have made submissions.

Submissions have also come from large cities such as Kamloops and Abbotsford British Columbia, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Kenora and Hamilton Ontario and St. John’s Newfoundland.

 

Seniors say that they need a postal service that meets their needs

Several organizations representing senior citizens have also sent submissions to the Canada Post Review Panel saying no to deregulation.

Senior citizens know that if Canada Post is deregulated they will face higher postage rates.  When the Swedish Post office was deregulated, the standard rate increased by 90 per cent. 

 

Disability rights organizations say no to deregulation

Organizations representing blind people are worried that deregulation will result in service cutbacks. Canada Post provides free mailing of braille documents and sound recordings.

The deregulation of Canada Post would most likely result in cutbacks to these types of services, since they are not profitable.

 

The real stakeholders of Canada Post want good service and decent jobs

Postal users want a postal service that addresses their needs, and does not simply respond to the concerns of the 200 major mail users. This is why Canada Post should remain a service for the people and not just for big business.