Letters
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport) from Mario Laframboise, soll., M.P., Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, and Vice-President of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
(February 24, 2010
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CUPW Translation
Rob Merrifield
Minister of State
(Transport)
Place de Ville, Tower “C”, 29th floor
330 Sparks
Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Merrifield:
Subject:
Moratorium on closure of rural post offices – maintenance of postal
services
(Strategic Review of the Canada Post Corporation)
To begin
with, I wish to remind you that the Bloc Québécois has always rejected
any attempt to reduce,
close or transfer...
Dear member of Parliament: Postal bill to partially deregulate Canada Post is premature and potentially dangerous
(October 15, 2009
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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...
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport
(July 29, 2009
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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 to request a response to my letters of May 14,
2009 and June 24, 2009 regarding the report of
the Canada Post Corporation
Strategic Review (CPCSR) and your response to this report.
As you know,
we have a number of concerns. We are especially troubled by the CPCSR
recommendations to
reconsider rural delivery...
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport - Re: Changes to the Canada Post Corporation Act Concerning Remail
(June 24, 2009
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Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport
Place de Ville, Tower C,
29th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr.
Merrifield:
Re: Changes to the Canada Post Corporation Act Concerning
Remail
I am writing to state the opposition of the Canadian Union of
Postal Workers to the decision of the
federal government to amend the Canada
Post Corporation Act to legalize the activities of the remailers. As
you know
both Canada Post Corporation and CUPW...
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport - Re: Report of the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(April 16, 2009
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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:
Re: Report of the Canada
Post Corporation Strategic Review
I am writing to follow up on my
November 7th letter which asks you to let us know when the report of the
Canada
Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR) will be released to the public.
When the federal government launched the Canada...
Letter to John McBride, Chief Executive Officer, PPP Canada - Re: Sale of Canada Post’s Assets
(March 25, 2009
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John McBride
Chief Executive Officer
PPP Canada
333 Laurier Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G7
Dear Mr. McBride:
Re: Sale
of Canada Post’s Assets
CUPW wrote to Rob Merrifield, Minister of
State for Transport, to raise concerns about media reports
concerning the sale
of Canada Post’s assets (see attached letter dated December 10, 2008) and
to ask the
Minister the following questions:
Why does Canada Post keep
coming up when the government’s...
Letter to Minister Jim Flaherty, Department of Finance Canada - Re: Sale of Canada Post’s Assets
(March 25, 2009
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Minister Jim Flaherty
Department of Finance Canada
140 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G5
Dear Mr. Flaherty:
Re:
Sale of Canada Post’s Assets
CUPW wrote to Rob Merrifield,
Minister of State for Transport, to raise concerns about media reports
concerning the sale of Canada Post’s assets (see attached letter dated
December 10, 2008) and to ask the
Minister the following questions:
Why
does Canada Post keep coming up when the government’s...
Follow-up Letters to the Government of Canada and Members of Parliament about the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(January 26, 2009
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January 15, 2009
This letter was sent to
Conservative Members of Parliament
I am following up on my letter of
December 11th to provide you with additional information
relating to the Canada
Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR).
I have enclosed, for your
information, a copy of CUPW’s submission to the CPCSR.
This
submission contains recommendations aimed at improving public postal service and
ensuring Canada
Post’s long-term viability. It...
Letter to Michael Ignatieff - Re: Canada Post and privatization through Private-Public Partnerships (P3s)
(December 11, 2008
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Michael Ignatieff
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Ignatieff:
On behalf of the 56,000 members of the Canadian Union
of Postal Workers (CUPW), I am writing to
congratulate you on becoming the new
leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
I am also writing to update you on
a matter of urgent and utmost importance.
All parties in the House of
Commons are officially opposed to postal privatization, yet the Conservative
government recently announced intentions...
No time to undermine basic infrastructure like Canada Post (This letter was sent to all other Members of Parliament)
(December 11, 2008
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This letter was sent to all other Members of Parliament
I am
writing to congratulate you on your election and to wish you well during the
current Parliament, which
may be one of the most critical Parliaments in recent
times. In addition to dealing with a serious economic
crisis, you may also deal
with the future of an important national institution – our public post
office.
The Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR) is
scheduled to report to the federal government...
No time to undermine basic infrastructure like Canada Post (This letter was sent to Conservative Members of Parliament)
(December 11, 2008
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This letter was sent to Conservative Members of Parliament
I
am writing to congratulate you on your election and to wish you well during the
current Parliament,
which may be one of the most critical Parliaments in recent
times. In addition to dealing with a serious
economic crisis, you may also deal
with the future of an important national institution – our public post
office.
The Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR) is
scheduled to report to your government...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Canada Post and privatization through Private-Public Partnerships (P3s)
(December 10, 2008
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PRIORITY POST
Moya Greene
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
On behalf of the 56,000 members of the
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), I am writing to express
our concern
about Canada Post’s intention to pursue privatization through
Private-Public Partnerships
(P3s).
Canada Post’s recent
appointment of Jodie Parmar to focus on Public-Private...
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State, Transport - Subject: Sale or Privatization of Canada Post
(December 10, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Rob Merrifield
Minister of State,
Transport
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa,
Ontario K1A 0N5
In a Toronto Star article (Flaherty engages in numbers game he
denounced, December 6,
2008), Chisholm Pothier, press secretary to Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty, elaborated on Minister Flaherty’s
announced
review regarding the sale of government assets. Pothier is reported to have said
that the
government is focusing on...
Letter to Rob Merrifield, Minister of State of Transport
(November 7, 2008
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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 would like to congratulate you on your election.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is very
eager to meet with you and
begin what we hope will be an honest and open dialogue on the future of our
public
postal system.
As you may know from the many letters we sent to
your predecessor, CUPW would like to meet with you...
Letter to Robert Campbell - Re: Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(November 5, 2008
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Robert Campbell
Chair, Advisory Panel
Canada Post Corporation
Strategic Review
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Campbell;
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) would
like to meet with the advisory panel or secretariat to
get an update on the
work of the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review (CPCSR) and raise concerns
pertaining to some of the information the review has received through
submissions.
We would like to suggest a meeting on November...
Letter to Evelyn Marcoux - Re: Universal Service Obligation and Other Public Policy Analysis - Study 1
(November 5, 2008
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Evelyn Marcoux
Executive Director
Canada Post Corporation Strategic
Review Secretariat
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Ms. Marcoux:
I am writing to request a copy of the study that was
produced in accordance with the terms of reference for
“Universal
Service Obligation and Other Public Policy Analysis - Study 1”.
I
look forward to receiving this very significant piece of work. Thank you for
your attention to this
matter.
Yours truly,
Denis...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Deregulation and Privatization of Canada Post
(October 21, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330
Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re:
Deregulation and Privatization of Canada Post
During the election, CUPW
attended all-candidates meetings in Pontiac and asked you about federal
government plans for Canada Post. In response to our questions, you stated:
“you can read my lips, I’m
not...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
(August 7, 2008
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Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
I am writing on behalf of the 56,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (CUPW) to raise
concerns and urge changes to the government’s
strategic review of Canada Post.
According to the strategic review Terms
of Reference, the advisory panel is mandated to provide...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
(July 10, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330
Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
I am writing to reiterate my request
for a meeting to discuss the Canada Post Corporation Strategic
Review.
Yours truly,
Denis Lemelin
National President
cc
All CUPW locals
National Executive Committee
Regional...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
(July 3, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330
Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
I am writing to reiterate my request
for a meeting to discuss the Canada Post Corporation Strategic
Review.
Yours truly,
Denis Lemelin
National President
cc
All CUPW locals
National Executive Committee
Regional...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
(June 26, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330
Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
I am writing to reiterate my request
for a meeting to discuss the Canada Post Corporation Strategic
Review.
Yours truly,
Denis Lemelin
National President
cc
All CUPW locals
National Executive Committee
Regional...
Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Re: Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(June 12, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Harper:
Re: Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
I am writing to ask
for your help in obtaining a response to questions and concerns that the
Canadian
Union of Postal Workers raised in a letter to Minister Lawrence Cannon
on the Canada Post Strategic Review
(see attached letter dated May 1, 2008) and
for your assistance in getting a meeting...
Letter from David Christopherson, MP Hamilton Centre – Re: Rural mail delivery services
(May 15, 2008
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Denis Lemelin
President,
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank
St.
Ottawa, ON K2P 1Y3
Dear Mr. Lemelin,
I am writing in
response to a letter from your office, sent to me on March 17, 2008 concerning
rural mail
delivery services.
Like the leadership and members of the
Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I am concerned that Canada Post
is failing to
respect rural residents, and the workers who deliver their mail, by refusing to
properly
consult before moving...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities - Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
(May 1, 2008
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BY MAIL AND EMAIL
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330
Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Strategic Review of Canada Post
I am writing on behalf of the 56,000
members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to raise
concerns, ask
questions and urge changes in connection with the government’s strategic
review of Canada
Post.
First...
Letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen, re: Editorial of December 13, 2007
(December 14, 2007
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BY MAIL & EMAIL
The Ottawa Citizen
1101 Baxter Road
Box 5020
Ottawa, ON K2C 3M4
To the editor:
The
Citizen’s editorial (Canada Post need not have a monopoly on mail, and it
need not be delivered as a
public service, whatever its union says, December
13) failed to mention that international remailers are
breaking the law. The
federal government has proposed legislation (Bill C-14) to change the law by
removing international letters from Canada Post’s...
Letter to the editor of the Financial Post regarding Terence Corcoran’s opinion piece Canada Post’s monopoly grab
(December 11, 2007
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Editor
Financial Post
1450 Don Mills Road, Suite 300
Don Mills,
Ontario M3B 3R5
To the editor:
Subject: Terence, the devil is
in the detail
Terence Corcoran’s opinion piece (Canada
Post’s monopoly grab, December 11, 2007) portrays the union’s
concerns with international mailers as a struggle between good and evil, between
truth and falsehood and much
more. While I appreciate hyperbole as much as the
next person, I do take exception to the
inattention...
Letter to the editor of The Hill Times: CUPW would love to meet with international mailers
(December 11, 2007
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The Hill Times
69 Sparks Street
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5A5
To the
editor:
Subject: CUPW would love to meet with international mailers
I am writing in response to the Canadian International Mail
Association’s opinion piece (Long-standing
international mail industry
says it’s ‘fighting for survival and its right to compete’,
December 10,
2007).
CIMA begins by saying that the union has never
approached the association or its members to raise its
concerns....
Letter to Gwyneth Howell, Executive Director, Canadian International Mail Association
(December 11, 2007
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Gwyneth Howell
Executive Director
Canadian International Mail
Association
Key Mail Canada Inc
2756 Slough Street
Mississauga, Ontario
L4T 1G3
Dear Ms. Howell:
I read your opinion piece in
The Hill Times with interest and was pleased with your apparent
openness to
discussing our concerns. We are keenly interested in knowing more about the
Canadian
International Mail Association (CIMA), the international mail industry
and your membership.
We would very...
Letter to Bibiane Ouellette - RE: Request to appear as a witness on Bill C-14
(November 14, 2007
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Bibiane Ouellette
Clerk, Standing Committee on
Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Ms. Ouellette:
RE: Request to appear as a witness on Bill C-14
I am writing in connection with Bill C-14, an Act to amend the Canada Post
Corporation Act. If
passed, this legislation would partially deregulate Canada
Post by removing international letters from Canada
Post’s exclusive
privilege to deliver letters.
Canada Post was provided with an...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Subject: Party policies and government positions needed for upcoming election
(October 25, 2007
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Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A
0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Subject: Party policies and
government positions needed for upcoming
election
I am writing further
to my letter dated October 31, 2006 and your response dated January 12, 2007
(letters
attached) to find out if the government has decided to review the
financial and policy framework for Canada
Post,...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Subject: Mandate Review and International Mail Issue
(October 17, 2007
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Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A
0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Subject: Mandate Review and
International Mail Issue
You have stated that you are considering doing a
mandate review of Canada Post for the first time in 11
years. We have heard
that the government is also drafting legislation to remove international letters
from
Canada Post’s exclusive...
Coyne analysis of Canada Post does not add up
(May 24, 2007
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National Post
300 - 1450 Don Mills Road
Don Mills, Ontario
M3B 3R5
Dear Editor:
Re: Coyne analysis of Canada Post does
not add up
Andrew Coyne’s column (“Ignorance is Canada
Post’s bliss” from May 23, 2007) is merely a “one size fits
all” analysis backed up with fuzzy reasoning.
Surely if
Holland’s postal service has substantially liberalized, he contends, so
should Canada Post.
Newsflash: Holland’s landmass...
High quality of service makes Canada Post the most trusted Canadian institution
(May 23, 2007
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Globe and Mail
444 Front St. W.
Toronto , ONM5V 2S9
Dear Editor:
Re: High quality of service makes Canada Post the most
trusted
Canadian institution
A recent poll reported in the Globe and
Mail (“In the postal service we trust” published on May 21, 2007)
found that 90% of those surveyed trust Canada Post, overtaking other
institutions like the CBC and the
Supreme Court.
This poll raises a good
question: what do people mean when they say they trust...
Position of the New Democratic Party on privatization, deregulation and other postal issues
(May 4, 2007
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January 23, 2007
Deborah Bourque
National President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P
1Y3
Dear Ms. Bourque
Re: Policies and Positions on Postal
Issues
I am writing in response to your request for policies and
positions on a number of post office issues. The
New Democratic Party continues
to oppose public-private partnerships as well as the privatization of public
services. It strongly opposes the privatization...
Position of the Bloc Quebecois on privatization, deregulation and other postal issues
(May 4, 2007
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CUPW TRANSLATION
Ottawa, May 1st, 2007
Deborah Bourque,
National President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1Y3
Dear Ms Bourque:
Re: Bloc
Québécois’ position on the Canada Post Corporation
I
acknowledge receipt of your request for the Bloc Québécois’
position on the privatization and
deregulation of Canada Post.
We wish
to state that the Bloc Québécois is against...
Sample letter to customers on Community Mail Boxes (CMBs)
(April 20, 2007
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Dear Customer,
Re: Door-to-door mail delivery
It has come to
the attention of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers that Canada Post is
planning to
replace the door-to-door mail delivery you currently have with
centralized mailboxes.
It is our understanding that the Carleton
Condominium Corporation has requested this reduction in postal
service due to
mailbox vandalism and theft . The condominium corporation may believe moving to
community
mailboxes is a more secure option....
Letter to Stéphane Dion - Re: CD Howe Institute Study Calling for Privatization and Deregulation of Canada Post
(March 21, 2007
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Stéphane Dion
Leader, Liberal Party
House of Commons
Ottawa,
Ontario
K1A OA6
Dear Mr. Dion:
Re: CD Howe Institute Study
Calling for Privatization and Deregulation of Canada
Post.
I am
enclosing, as I promised in my letter dated February 21, 2007 a translation of
the CD Howe Institute
study called Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is due
for Reform.
As you know from my letter, the union is very eager to obtain
the Liberal Party's position on
privatization...
Letter to Mario Laframboise - Re: CD Howe Institute Study Calling for Privatization and Deregulation of Canada Post
(March 21, 2007
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Mario Laframboise, MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Laframboise:
Re: CD Howe Institute Study Calling for
Privatization and Deregulation of Canada Post
I am enclosing, as I
promised in my letter dated February 21, 2007 a translation of the CD Howe
Institute
study called Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is due for Reform.
As you know from my letter, the union is very eager to obtain the Bloc
Quebecois’s position on
privatization and deregulation...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Moratorium on Post Office Closures
(March 13, 2007
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Moya Greene
President
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
Re: Moratorium on Post
Office Closures
I must say I am very disappointed by your response to my
latest letter requesting a list of post offices
covered by the moratorium and
detailed information on the corporation's process for closing offices on the
list. Your letter completely ignores my request for a list and provides scant
information with regard to
process.
If...
Letter to the editor of the National Post - Re: Sean Silcoff's "Privatization a good thing? Absolut-ly"
(March 8, 2007
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National Post
300 - 1450 Don Mills Road
Don Mills, Ontario
M3B 3R5
Dear Editor:
In Privatization a good thing? Absolut-ly,
Sean Silcoff says, “The reason state-owned enterprises
have sub-par
earnings is that they often make decisions motivated by politics rather than
business reasons.”
Absolute rubbish. While Crown corporations like
Canada Post have both public and commercial activities, they
are distinct from
commercial enterprises in that they are designed to serve...
Letter to Stéphane Dion - Re: Attempts to Privatize or Deregulate Canada Post and Upcoming Election
(February 21, 2007
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BY EMAIL AND MAIL
Stéphane Dion
Leader, Liberal
Party
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OA6
Dear Mr. Dion:
Re: Attempts to Privatize or Deregulate Canada Post and Upcoming
Election
Canada Post’s competition and conservative
forces have been working overtime on undermining our public
post office since
the Tories were elected. International mailers have been lobbying members of
Parliament
from all parties and the federal government...
Letter to Mario Laframboise - Re: Attempts to Privatize or Deregulate Canada Post
(February 21, 2007
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BY EMAIL AND MAIL
Mario Laframboise
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OA6
Re: Attempts to Privatize or
Deregulate Canada Post
Dear Mr. Laframboise:
The fight we
have been expecting to privatize, deregulate or change the mandate of Canada
Post is upon
us.
Canada Post’s competition and conservative
forces have been working overtime on undermining our public
post office since
the Tories were elected.
I am sending...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Moratorium On Post Office Closures
(January 11, 2007
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Moya Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post
Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1
Re:
Moratorium On Post Office Closures
Dear Ms. Greene:
I am writing
to reiterate my request for a list of post offices covered by the moratorium on
closures.
Minister Cannon's office has indicated that you are in "a
better position to provide such a list" (see
attached letter dated November
27th).
I am attaching, for your information,...
Letter to Bev Oda - Re: Publications Assistance Program (PAP)
(November 30, 2006
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Bev Oda
Minister of Canadian Heritage
Terrasses de la Chaudière
12th Floor
15 Eddy Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M5
Dear Ms.
Oda:
On behalf of the 54,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (CUPW), I would like to raise
concerns about recent changes to the
Publications Assistance Program (PAP), a program operated by the
Department of
Canadian Heritage, in partnership with Canada Post. We understand that the
corporation has
decided to withdraw its $15-million...
Three postal issues of importance to rural and remote residents
(November 17, 2006
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BY PRIORTY COURIER
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Prime Minister:
Subject: Three
postal issues of importance to rural and remote residents
I am writing to
raise concerns about three postal issues that mean a lot to people from rural
and remote
communities: 1) Canada Post's exclusive privilege to deliver
letters; 2) rural mail delivery and safety; 3)
and the moratorium on post
office closures.
Lawrence Cannon,...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon (Re: Moratorium on Post Office Closures)
(November 14, 2006
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Lawrence Cannon
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Moratorium on Post
Office Closures
Your chief of staff, Paul Terrien, recently wrote to say
that his letter dated July 25th was a response to
all of my letters to you,
including my letter dated July 18th. I am afraid that Mr. Terrien is mistaken.
The
July 25th letter in no way addresses my request for a list of the post
offices that are covered by the
moratorium...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Moratorium on Post Office Closures
(July 27, 2006
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July 18, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re:
Moratorium on Post Office Closures
I was pleased to hear your government
announce that the moratorium on post office closures in rural and
small towns
would continue. When the moratorium was announced in 1994, the Minister
responsible for Canada
Post provided us with a list of offices covered by the
moratorium. This list includes 364 offices...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Moratorium and Retail Network
(July 27, 2006
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July 18, 2006
Moya Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
Re: Moratorium and Retail Network
The federal
government recently announced that the moratorium on post office closures in
rural and small
towns would continue. The moratorium announced in 1994 covered
364 offices staffed by members of the Canadian
Union of Postal Workers and 3603
offices staffed by members of the...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Plant and post office closures
(July 4, 2006
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June 27, 2006
Moya Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
Re: Plant and post office closures.
Canada
Post has refused to release the corporation's overall plans for our public post
office and its
plans for the national network review. You have stated that you
do not have a plan and that you are
approaching facilities on a case-by-case
basis.
CUPW would therefore like...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - June 27, 2006
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June 27, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
You
made a statement in the House of Commons on June 12, 2006 which indicates that
the government has
decided to proceed with the closure of the mail processing
plant in Quebec City. You said that "the
members of Parliament and
ministers from the Quebec City area did fulfill their election promises by
thoroughly reviewing and examining the closure...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Re: Government's Review of Canada Post
(June 23, 2006
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June 15, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re:
Government's Review of Canada Post
I am writing further to my letter
dated May 23rd to ask about the review of the financial and policy
framework
that the government uses for Canada Post. CUPW would like to know more about
this review. What
exactly has the government been reviewing? Would it be
possible to see reports that have been produced...
Letter to Moya Greene - June 15, 2006
(June 20, 2006
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June 15, 2006
Moya Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
I understand that you have been consulting with the
federal government on a review of the financial and
policy framework that the
government uses for Canada Post. CUPW would like to know more about this review.
What exactly has the government been reviewing? Would it be possible to see
reports that have been produced
in connection...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Critical Date in Quebec City Mail Process Plant Closure
(June 14, 2006
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BY PRIORITY COURIER
June 7, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de
Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: June 12th - Critical Date in Quebec City Mail
Process Plant Closure
I am writing further to my letters of February 9th,
March 22nd and May 23rd to find out whether you intend
to honour your party's
commitment to oppose and review the decision to close the mail sorting plant in
Quebec
City. I have summarized your party's...
Letter to Bill Graham
(June 8, 2006
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May 24, 2006
Bill Graham
Interim Leader, Liberal Party
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Graham:
I
am writing further to my emails and telephone calls about John McKay's attack on
Canada Post's exclusive
privilege in the House of Commons (see attached).
According to Mr. McKay, Canada Post is abusing its exclusive privilege and
undermining small business
people who deliver international mail (a.k.a.
remailers). Remailers are not the small businesses...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon Re: Positions on issues relating to Canada Post
(May 29, 2006
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BY PRIORITY COURIER
May 23, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de
Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor,
330 Sparks,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
Re: Positions on issues relating to Canada Post
I
have been trying to set up a meeting with you for some time now. Unfortunately,
as your last letter indicates, you are not available to meet "in the
foreseeable future."
I am therefore compelled to ask you for your
positions on a variety of issues without...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - March 22, 2006
(May 1, 2006
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PRIORITY COURIER
March 22, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Place de
Ville, Tower C
29th Floor
330 Sparks
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5
Dear Mr. Cannon:
CUPW is very concerned that the union has not been
able to schedule a meeting with you to discuss Canada Post's plan to close the
mail sorting plant in Quebec City. I have summarized below our attempts to set
up a meeting:
February 9, 2006 – I sent a letter requesting a
meeting to discuss your party's promise to...
Letter to Stephen Harper - April 24, 2006
(April 28, 2006
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PRIORITY COURIER
April 24, 2006
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Harper:
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) would like to know whether your
party intends to live up to its promise to review the decision to close the mail
processing plant in Quebec City. Attached please find our correspondence on this
matter.
To date, CUPW has not been able to get a meeting with Lawrence
Cannon, the Minister Responsible for...
Letter to Stephen Harper - March 24, 2006
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March 24, 2006
PRIORITY COURIER
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr.
Harper:
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was very pleased to
hear you say that ministers and members of Parliament in the Quebec region are
in the process of reviewing ways to improve the situation with regard to Canada
Post's plans to close the mail processing plant in Quebec City (see attached
transcript). Does this mean you are...
Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Strategic Planning Documents
(February 28, 2006
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BY PRIORITY COURIER
February 23, 2006
Moya Greene
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
I am writing to
request a response to my letter dated January 26, 2006 which requests all
strategic planning documents relating to the corporation’s national
network review and its overall vision and plan for our public post office.
I would also like to use this opportunity to encourage...
Letter to the Honourable Lawrence Cannon
(February 9, 2006
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February 9, 2006
Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Cannon:
I would like to congratulate you on your
election.
As you may know from our recent letter to the Prime Minister,
the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is very eager to meet with you and
begin what we hope will be an honest and open dialogue on the future of our
public postal system. (See attached letter to Stephen...
Letter to Stephen Harper - Re: Arbitrator Orders Canada Post to Postpone Closure of Quebec City Mail Processing Plant
(February 2, 2006
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PRIORITY COURIER
February 2, 2006
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr.
Harper:
Subject: Arbitrator Orders Canada Post to Postpone Closure of
Quebec City Mail Processing Plant
I am writing further to my letter dated
Feb 1, 2006, to let you know that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
has just won an important arbitration, which effectively postpones the closure
of the mail processing plant in Quebec...
Letter to Moya Greene
(January 26, 2006
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January 26, 2006
PRIORITY POST
Moya Greene
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0B1
Dear Ms. Greene:
On behalf of the
54,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), I am writing to
request all strategic planning documents relating to the corporation’s
national network review and its overall vision and plan for our public post
office.
On July 14, 2005, Canada Post...
The Honourable John McCallum -- Re: Privatization and Deregulation of Canada Post (November 15, 2005)
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John McCallum
Minister Responsible for Canada Post
Connaught Building, 7th
Floor South
555 MacKenzie Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OL5
Dear Minister
McCallum:
Re: Privatization and Deregulation of Canada Post
I am writing
once again to request a response to the union's question about privatization and
deregulation (See attached letters dated September 21, 2005 and October 11,
2005). Your response to our letter dated September 21 failed to address our
question on privatization and deregulation:...
To CUPW Members at Canada Post -- Re: Campaign to stop closures, privatization and deregulation (October 2005)
(October 25, 2005
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October 2005
TO CUPW MEMBERS AT CANADA POST
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Re: Campaign to stop closures, privatization and deregulation
Canada Post is
reviewing its postal network and has announced plans to close a mail processing
plant in Quebec City as the very first step of its review. This plant closure
will undermine service and destroy 302 jobs in Quebec City.
CUPW is
concerned that the corporation may close many other facilities and destroy many
more jobs before its network review...
The Honourable John McCallum -- Re: Privatization and Deregulation (October 11, 2005)
(October 11, 2005
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The Honourable John McCallum
Minister Responsible for Canada Post
Connaught
Building, 7th Floor South
555 MacKenzie Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OL5
Dear
Minister McCallum:
Re: Privatization and Deregulation
I am writing to
request a response to the union's questions about privatization and deregulation
(See attached letter dated September 21, 2005). Your response to our letter
dated September 21 failed to address our question on privatization and
deregulation.
A response would be appreciated....
The Honourable John McCallum - Re: Closures, Privatization and Deregulation (October 6, 2005)
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The Honourable John McCallum
Minister Responsible for Canada Post
Connaught
Building, 7th Floor South
555 MacKenzie Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OL5
Dear
Minister McCallum:
I am writing to let you know that you appear to have an
incorrect understanding of what is happening at Canada Post.
On October 3,
2005, you told the House of Commons that "physical mail is becoming a thing
of the past." You said "even grandmothers send birthday wishes
electronically." Maybe so,...
The Honourable John McCallum - Re: Closures, Privatization and Deregulation (September 21, 2005)
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The Honourable John McCallum
Minister Responsible for Canada Post
Connaught
Building, 7th Floor South
555 MacKenzie Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OL5
Dear
Minister McCallum:
Re: Closures, Privatization and Deregulation
I am
writing to object to postal network closures and Canada Post's plan to close the
mail processing plant in Quebec City.
As you may know, Canada Post is
reviewing its national network and has announced plans to close a mail
processing plant in Quebec City as the very...
Campaign against Quebec City plant closure
(August 23, 2005
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Brothers and Sisters:
The union has begun a campaign to stop the closure of
the Quebec City postal plant. This closure will eliminate jobs and deteriorate
service to the public, and we believe that it is just the beginning of a new era
of attacks on postal workers.
Enclosed you will find the following:
· the latest bulletin on the closure
· a petition for postal
workers and members of the public to sign
The Quebec region is collecting the
petitions for presentation to...
Letter to Moya Greene: Stop Quebec City closure!
(August 11, 2005
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August 10, 2005.
BY FAX AND MAIL
Ms. Moya Greene
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Canada Post Corporation
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa,
Ontario
K1A 0B1
Ms. Greene:
I am writing on behalf of the CUPW National
Executive Board to express our complete opposition to Canada Post's plans to
close the Quebec City postal plant and our determination that Canada Post must
reverse this hasty and unwise decision.
There are many reasons why Canada
Post must reverse this decision and...
Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
(February 1, 2005
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February 1, 2006
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Harper:
I would like to
congratulate you on your election.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers
(CUPW) hopes that all parties within Parliament will be able to work together to
meet the challenges facing workers, parents, students, the poor, the homeless,
the elderly and others. It is important work and, as Prime Minister, you have an
opportunity to make this minority...
Letter to Josée Verner
(January 27, 2005
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January 27, 2006
Josée Verner
Member of Parliament
Comté Louis-St-Laurent
1018, boulevard, Pie XI Sud
Québec City,
Québec
G3K 1L2
Dear Ms. Verner:
Congratulations on your
election as member of Parliament for Louis-Saint-Laurent. It was certainly a
very decisive victory.
I think it would be fair to say that many voters
responded to your strong stand on local issues such as your solid support for a
review of Canada Post's decision to close...
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