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@grte Why are Canadians still subsidizing postal rates for exporting countries and paying full fare domestically, putting our businesses at great disadvantage?
I can get a 1.00 item from around the world for a few cents yet it costs 20.00 to send the same package to the town down the road.
International parcel rates were set a long time ago, and countries that were designated "poor" had a large discount in their rates, subsidized by the developed countries.
At the time, no one imagined that China would be supplying the entire world.
@gramie Yes, exactly. It is long past time that policy be revisited instead of gutting our own postal service to keep feeding that monster.