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Postal Privatization and Deregulation - Questions and Answers
(November 18, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Questions and Answers)

Postal Privatization and Deregulation – Questions and Answers – PRIVATIZATION What does privatizing a post office mean? Privatization means selling a public post office to the private sector by selling shares to private investors. Once shares are sold to anyone (even employees), a post office is under pressure to make profits to satisfy investors. In other words, a privatized post office’s main goal is to make profits,...

National Farmers Union Submission to the House of Common Standing Committee on Finance Regarding Canada Post and Part 15 of Bill C-9
(May 20, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Submissions and Conference Papers)

The National Farmers Union (NFU) would like to thank the Standing Committee on Finance for giving us the opportunity to present our views on Part 15 of Bill C-9. The NFU is the only voluntary, direct-membership national farm organization in Canada. Our organization represents thousands of farm families across the country. Our membership takes a keen interest in the future of Canada Post because rural residents are heavily dependent on the mail—they conduct their business...

Presentation by Hassan Yussuff, Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Regarding ″An Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and Other Measures″ — Bill C-9 (Part 15)
(May 20, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Submissions and Conference Papers)

Introduction On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to appear before your committee on the important public interest issues that are raised by Part 15 of Bill C-9. The CLC brings together Canada’s national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 130 district labour councils whose members work in virtually all sectors of the Canadian...

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...

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...

Views of Canadians on Private Letter Mail Service in Canada (CUPW / Ipsos Reid)
(September 2, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Miscellaneous)

Submission of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(September 2, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Submissions and Conference Papers)

Executive Summary CUPW’s Submission to the Canada Post Strategic Review We believe the CUPW represents over 55,000 rural and urban operational postal workers. Our members work in over 2,000 communities in every region of the country. We are very proud of the role we have played in fighting to protect and improve public postal services in Canada and we are determined to continue this tradition. At the outset, the union wishes to state our belief that public sector organizations,...

Postcard to the Strategic Review of Canada Post
(July 10, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Miscellaneous)

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CLC Policy Statement on Canada Post's Strategic Review
(June 12, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Miscellaneous)

The Canadian Labour Congress is concerned because the federal government is considering deregulation of our public post office through its strategic review of Canada Post. The Canadian Labour Congress is worried that as a result of this review; the federal government will either reduce or eliminate Canada Post's exclusive privilege to handle addressed letters. Canada Post has an exclusive privilege so that it is able to generate enough money to provide affordable postal service to everyone,...

Urgent request for support to stop post office closure in Pointe-Sainte-Charles
(February 28, 2008 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Miscellaneous)

The community of Pointe-Saint-Charles, which is located in Montreal, is fighting Canada Post’s decision to close a community post office and reopen another one in an industrial park that is not convenient for anyone. People want to keep their post office. It is slated to close on March 28, 2008. Residents and organizations in Pointe-Saint-Charles would like your support to stop the closure of their post office. What you can do: Please consider downloading and signing Action-Gardien’s...

Post offices covered by the moratorium on post office closures
(July 31, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Miscellaneous)

Process Canada Post uses when deciding to keep or close an office on the moratorium list
(July 31, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Miscellaneous)

Sample letter to customers on Community Mail Boxes (CMBs)
(April 20, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Miscellaneous)

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....

Presentation to Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities by Deborah Bourque President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (March 26, 2007)
(March 27, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Submissions and Conference Papers)

On behalf of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before this Committee. CUPW represents 54,000 workers in rural and urban communities from coast to coast to coast. A majority of our members work for Canada Post. I would like to begin by saying that I am very pleased that you have asked me to talk about both international remail and rural mail delivery because they are connected, although not complementary concerns. As you...

Postal deregulation: Its impact on postal workers and the response of a postal union
(February 23, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Submissions and Conference Papers)

Prepared for the 14th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics 31 May – 3 June 2006, Bern, Switzerland By Geoff Bickerton Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Katherine Steinhoff, Deborah Bourque and Dani Nadeau for their insightful analysis, helpful comments, editorial assistance and solidarity. Introduction ‘Political and academic discussion on the impact of liberalization or privatization of public services has primarily focused on quality and accessibility...

Our vision of the post office (Document)
(October 6, 2006 / Our Vision of the Post Office / Booklets and Manuals)

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Presentation to Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
(June 9, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

By Deborah Bourque President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers On behalf of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. CUPW represents 54,000 workers in large and small communities from coast to coast to coast. A majority of our members work for Canada Post. I think it is fair to say that this union knows, better than most, what it takes to make Canada Post work. CUPW...

Chronology of Events
(April 4, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Backgrounders)

Plant and Post Office Closures July 14, 2005 – Canada Post informed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) it would be reviewing the national network, including all mechanized mail processing plants, and that the plant in Quebec City would be the first facility to be reviewed. The corporation did not mention anything about closing the plant in Quebec City. August 3, 2005 – Without any consultation with CUPW, the community or large volume mailers, Canada Post announced...

Deborah's Bourque's Speech for the 24th Anniversary of Canada Post
(October 17, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

On the twenty fourth anniversary of Canada Post Corporation, our gift to Canada Post comes in the form of advice...and cake. We want Canada Post to invest its profits in the future of public postal service and postal workers. We want Canada Post to say no to closures, yes to first-rate service, and yes to well-paying and stable jobs! Closing one of two mail processing plants in Quebec is not good for service and it is not good for workers. It makes no sense, no sense at all, to put...

Questions and Answers: Quebec City Postal Plant Closure, Post Office Closures, Problems, Profits and Dividends
(September 26, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Questions and Answers)

QUEBEC CITY PLANT CLOSURE Q: When was the decision to close the Quebec City mail processing plant made public? A: On August 3, 2005, Canada Post announced its intention to close the mail processing plant in Quebec City and transfer mail processing to Montreal. On July 14th, Canada Post had informed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that it would be reviewing the national network, including all mechanized mail processing plants, and that the mail processing plant in Quebec City...

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