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Should your mail be delivered daily? Canada Post wants Ottawa to rethink its mandate (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Canada Post wants the federal government to consider changing the legislation that requires it to deliver letter mail daily— a mandate the Crown corporation says no longer reflects modern realities and is causing it to lose money.

"If you have a community mailbox, a lot of people check it once or twice a week," said Jon Hamilton, vice-president of communications at Canada Post.

"We need to work with government to ensure the regulatory framework aligns with today's needs."

The postal charter, which dictates how frequently Canada Post delivers mail, hasn't undergone any significant changes since it was created in 2009, Hamilton said.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Why are we still paying a fuck ton of money and wasting a shit ton of paper delivering unsolicited commercial mail - can we please deal with that first and realize that a post service is a public service and doesn't need to be profitable?

To the actual question... no - the mail exists for bills and rare correspondences, I don't think anyone would notice if, for instance, we switched to Friday only deliveries.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (14 children)

You're not paying a fuck ton of money. Canada Post is a separate entity from the government and is a self-sustaining business that receives no money from the government.

Unsolicited commercial mail is paid for by the company sending it. All mail is paid for by the people sending it. It doesn't cost you anything to receive it. And when it really matters, like those "rare" correspondence that contain your drivers license, or insurance slips, or your health card, or your doctor's appointments, or even your small parcels from eBay, I'm sure you want those as soon as they come in. You should care about regular mail delivery. Because once you lose it, it's never coming back.

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