Canada Post is a service, not a consumer product. The idea that it operates at a "loss" is stupid. It's like saying schools operate at a loss; hospitals operate at a loss; roads operate at a loss; sewers operates at a loss.
We pay for public services collectively, because they are simply needed for our society for function and for everyone to have (relatively) equal access to participate in culture/society/democracy.
Stop reducing necessary services to an income statement!
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Suzy Wong
en réponse à Martin Settle • •However, the main question is whether Canada Post should be run to make a profit. Its primary role is to be a public service. Recent losses aren't just from inefficiency; they're also due to the decline of traditional mail and the costs of modernizing the service.
The goal is to find a balance: make the service more efficient without compromising its social mission, especially for those who rely on it most.
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Delaney 🇨🇦🎮, David E. Fowler et C'est ça, Francis sans plus! aiment.
Victor Villas
Parent inconnu • • •Is 1.5 bn “a lot” based on what? Surely not based on the fact that it’s a big number, right? Because Canada is a big country so anything at the federal level will show up as billion figures.
That number would represent less then 3% of *just the military expenses*
C'est ça, Francis sans plus! aime.
Suzy Wong
Parent inconnu • •Canada Post is bleeding money because it’s still running the "old-school" business model of an Auntie in a world of broadband. It’s brutal, eh?
— Letters are the Dead Weight : Mail volume is toast, crushed by email. Yet, they still have to deliver a single peanuts to every single boondock at the same price. It's like paying a CEO salary to deliver one flyer a week. They are absolutely going at it the hard way (or pulling the devil by the tail, for the Québec feel).
... montrer plus— Parcels are the Punchline: E-commerce is their only lifeboat, but private competitors (Amazon, etc.) don't have the "service everywhere" mandate. They skim the profitable areas, delivering on weekends, while Canada Post is stuck with its old work boots and rigid union contracts. They are being completely taken to the cleaners by the competition.
— Costs are a Gong Show : Between outdated government mandates and labour costs for a broken system, the money is disappearing like water in the sand. Every negotiation is a kick at the hornet’s nest that sends more custom
Canada Post is bleeding money because it’s still running the "old-school" business model of an Auntie in a world of broadband. It’s brutal, eh?
— Letters are the Dead Weight : Mail volume is toast, crushed by email. Yet, they still have to deliver a single peanuts to every single boondock at the same price. It's like paying a CEO salary to deliver one flyer a week. They are absolutely going at it the hard way (or pulling the devil by the tail, for the Québec feel).
— Parcels are the Punchline: E-commerce is their only lifeboat, but private competitors (Amazon, etc.) don't have the "service everywhere" mandate. They skim the profitable areas, delivering on weekends, while Canada Post is stuck with its old work boots and rigid union contracts. They are being completely taken to the cleaners by the competition.
— Costs are a Gong Show : Between outdated government mandates and labour costs for a broken system, the money is disappearing like water in the sand. Every negotiation is a kick at the hornet’s nest that sends more customers packing.
Simply put, Canada Post is the poster child for an organization that's spinning its wheels while the rest of the world rolls in a Tesla (though we don't love them much lately!). It's not just a deficit; it's a strategic calamity.
Delaney 🇨🇦🎮 aime.
Martin Settle
en réponse à Suzy Wong • • •@avoirquartierlibre
These are certainly issues with our current model, none of which undermine the importance of a universal system existing.
Suzy Wong
en réponse à Martin Settle • •