Resolution on Public Post Offices and Canadian Postal Service Charter

WHEREAS the federal government is allowing Canada Post to close public post offices in spite of a moratorium on closures in rural and small towns.

WHEREAS the government’s Canadian Postal Service Charter includes an expectation that Canada Post will inform people at least one month prior to closing, moving or amalgamating their public post office and explore options that address people’s concerns.

WHEREAS a month is an inadequate amount of time for a whole community to discuss a closure and explore options.

WHEREAS the Canadian Postal Service Charter does not provide for sufficient transparency and accountability at Canada Post and needs to be improved.

WHEREAS public post offices connect communities throughout this vast land, helping us to overcome differences and distances.

WHEREAS public post offices play a key role in our social and economic life by providing the infrastructure that healthy communities need to thrive and businesses need to grow.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the (name of municipality or organization) write a letter to Steven Fletcher, the Minister responsible for Canada Post and ask that he 1) instruct Canada Post to maintain and improve its network of public post offices and 2) consult with the public, their elected representatives, postal unions and other major stakeholders to dramatically improve the Canadian Postal Service Charter, including developing a better process for making changes to the retail and delivery network.

 

MAILING INFORMATION

Please send your resolution to:  Steven Fletcher, Minister of State for Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5.

Please send copies of your resolution to:

1. Denis Lemelin, President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 377 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1Y3

2. Your member of Parliament. You can get your MP’s name, phone number and address by calling 1-800 463-6868 (at no charge) or going to the Parliament of Canada website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

3. Berry Vrbanovic, President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 24 Clarence St, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5P3

 

For further information

Contact George Floresco 3^rd National Vice President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 377 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1Y3, (613) 236-7230 (extension 7909).