CUPW - Public Post Office - Campaign to stop Closures, Privatization and Deregulation at Canada Post

The Selling of Canada Post
(February 1, 2010/ Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Opinion-Editorials)

Canada Post is not being sold to the private sector just yet, but the Crown corporation is in the midst of selling the public on its view of today and its vision for the future. This vision includes some privatization and more post office closures. In recent months, Canada Post has been featured in news stories that paint a picture of a post office in need of a major tune up. The corporation has been telling anyone who will listen that volumes and revenues are down, in part, due to the...

Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport - Re: Moratorium on Rural Post Office Closures and the Government’s Response to the Report of the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR)
(December 9, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Letters)

BY EMAIL AND MAIL Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor 330 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 Dear Mr. Merrifield: I am writing further to my letter of September 14, 2009 to request a response to questions about the moratorium on rural post office closures and to also request information relating to the government’s response to the report of the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review. Moratorium...

Petition to the House of Commons - Moratorium on Post Office Closures
(November 5, 2009/ Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Petitions)

This petition regarding the moratorium on post office closures is an updated version of an earlier petition that the union produced. Please note that petitions must contain a minimum of 25 valid signatures. Therefore, you must reproduce both the front and back of the petition. Petition to the House of Commons 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...

URGENT! URGENT! Please contact your Local Member of Parliament today!
(October 29, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Bulletins)

Dear Sisters and Brothers, As you may know, the government’s Strategic Review of Canada Post has recommended against deregulation. During the strategic review process, it was made clear that opposition to postal deregulation is widespread. The public is opposed. Many federal politicians and municipal representatives are opposed. Groups representing seniors, rural residents, people with disabilities, labour, students and civil society oppose deregulation. In spite of this,...

Action Request: Send letters to MPs – Help Defeat Bill C-44
(October 15, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Miscellaneous)

In June 2009, the federal government introduced Bill C-44, an Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (virtually identical to Bill C-14). If approved, this bill would partially deregulate Canada Post by removing international letters from Canada Post’s exclusive privilege to handle letters. Bill C-44 is currently being debated in the House of Commons. The single most important action you can take to help defeat Bill C-44 is to contact your member of Parliament (MP). CUPW...

Dear member of Parliament: Postal bill to partially deregulate Canada Post is premature and potentially dangerous
(October 15, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Letters)

In June 2009, the federal government introduced Bill C-44, an Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act. If approved, this bill would partially deregulate Canada Post by removing international letters from Canada Post’s exclusive privilege to handle letters. I oppose Bill C-44. Canada Post has an 'exclusive privilege' to collect, transmit and deliver letters, including international letters, in order to finance its universal service obligation. The government should not...

Hey Harper - Hands off my post office!
(October 15, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Leaflets)

Last year, the federal government conducted a very quick and quiet review of our post office called the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR). The government did not hold public hearings during the CPCSR and is not consulting with the public on CPCSR report recommendations. The CPCSR report, which was released in April 2009, recommended against postal deregulation, but with the exception that international letters be removed from Canada Post's exclusive privilege to handle letters....

Postal deregulation gets two thumbs down during Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (September 2009)
(October 2, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Submissions and Conference Papers)

Introduction The debate over postal deregulation resurfaced during the federal government’s Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR) in 2008, well over a decade after taking off and taking root in Europe and elsewhere. On April 21, 2008, Canada’s federal government launched the CPCSR to look at a variety of postal issues, including the exclusive privilege or monopoly and the universal service obligation (USO). This paper outlines the positions that major...

Rural communities win moratorium on post office closures in new service charter
(September 23, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – Saturday September 12, 2009, the federal Conservatives quietly announced a Canadian Postal Service Charter in an attempt to calm rural residents’ discontent with their public postal service in the run-up to an election. The two page, 20-point Service Charter mostly reiterates existing policy and announces that the government will maintain a moratorium on rural post office closures. It also introduces an obligation to inform and consult...

Conservatives Unveil Canadian Postal Services Charter
(September 17, 2009/ Strategic Review of Canada Post / Bulletins)

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, the federal Conservatives quietly announced a Canadian Postal Service Charter which outlines the government’s expectations for Canada Post in regard to service standards and other matters. The Charter largely reiterates existing policy and includes an expectation that Canada Post will maintain “the moratorium on the closure of rural post offices” (emphasis added). Looks like a Victory on the Moratorium The moratorium that...