Treating public services like a business needs to end. Sure you can call it a crown “corporation”, but its purpose is to serve citizens in a defined way, not to make a profit.
If the postal service is subject to this scrutiny, why not the military as well?
I mean ok, like point taken, and it’s a good one. But what’s the amount of money that should be spent on something that can be privatized without affecting public welfare vs how much should be allocated to stuff like health care, pharmacare, education, etc.? Stuff that has more of an effect on public welfare.
Stop and take an honest look at what you get in the mail. If you are like me, it’s 98% junk and unsolicited mail, and 2% parcels, which are easily taken care of by the private sector. I mean once a year my grandma sends me cards or whatever, but why should we be burning 100’s of millions for this. Personally I’d way rather than funding get allocated to health care or education.
I get that people also lose jobs here though, and that legit sucks.
I receive a lot of parcels via Canada Post. Probably more than via any other carrier. Canada Post is almost always the cheapest shipping available and often by significant margin. Cost of shipping will increase if it’s privatized. That means higher costs for many small businesses who now reach all of Canada. That means fewer sales, less money in local communities, more reliance on Amazon and Walmart, and more money leaving our communities, making us poorer. A cheap, national carrier is an economic enabler infrastructure for Canadians. I haven’t looked at analyses but I’m guessing it would be a net contributor in terms of welfare. Similar to high-speed rail.
Treating public services like a business needs to end. Sure you can call it a crown “corporation”, but its purpose is to serve citizens in a defined way, not to make a profit.
If the postal service is subject to this scrutiny, why not the military as well?
I mean ok, like point taken, and it’s a good one. But what’s the amount of money that should be spent on something that can be privatized without affecting public welfare vs how much should be allocated to stuff like health care, pharmacare, education, etc.? Stuff that has more of an effect on public welfare.
Stop and take an honest look at what you get in the mail. If you are like me, it’s 98% junk and unsolicited mail, and 2% parcels, which are easily taken care of by the private sector. I mean once a year my grandma sends me cards or whatever, but why should we be burning 100’s of millions for this. Personally I’d way rather than funding get allocated to health care or education.
I get that people also lose jobs here though, and that legit sucks.
I receive a lot of parcels via Canada Post. Probably more than via any other carrier. Canada Post is almost always the cheapest shipping available and often by significant margin. Cost of shipping will increase if it’s privatized. That means higher costs for many small businesses who now reach all of Canada. That means fewer sales, less money in local communities, more reliance on Amazon and Walmart, and more money leaving our communities, making us poorer. A cheap, national carrier is an economic enabler infrastructure for Canadians. I haven’t looked at analyses but I’m guessing it would be a net contributor in terms of welfare. Similar to high-speed rail.
Canada Post already has a package delivery service. They own 91% of Purolator which is highly profitable.