tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post3921841974915868203..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: CANADA POST: BEWARE OF POLITICIANSDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-54137951169927048782013-05-03T20:40:44.947-02:302013-05-03T20:40:44.947-02:30The Government and Canada Post should be construct...The Government and Canada Post should be constructively utilizing this vast established network to share and bring more services closer to all Canadians (ex grant availability, services available for ill, aged, or injured and young Canadians, a local source for information on any subject pertinant to Canadians) not desimate it !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-89750408576864128922013-04-29T09:16:22.970-02:302013-04-29T09:16:22.970-02:30Maybe this is really why they are loosing dollars....Maybe this is really why they are loosing dollars.<br /><br />Critics allege Tories trying to privatize Canada Post<br /><br />http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2010/06/01/14220216.html<br /><br />OTTAWA - The Conservative government is paving the way for the privatization of Canada Post, critics charged Tuesday.<br /><br />A measure included in the federal government's 880-page budget bill, eliminates the Crown corporation's monopoly on international letters - a move that will destroy the postal carrier, say the Liberals, NDP and Canadian Union of Postal Workers.<br /><br />"This is privatization through the back door," said Denis Lemelin, the union's national president.<br /><br />Canada Post uses profits from its international service to "subsidize" deliveries to more remote regions of the country, he said, adding the projected $60 to $80 million cut to the corporation's bottom line would affect service across Canada.<br /><br />"Rural delivery will be compromised and prices will increase," warned the Liberal's critic for Crown corporations, Bonnie Crombie.<br /><br />"(This) threatens the very essence of the corporation," she said.<br /><br />NDP critic Chris Charlton told QMI Agency, if the Conservatives didn't fear a "massive public backlash," they would not have buried the controversial measure in a "Trojan horse" budget bill.<br /><br />The minister responsible for Canada Post, Rob Merrifield, said the government has "no plans" to privatize Canada Post and he denied trying to hide the legislative change in a massive bill.<br /><br />"Canada Post can compete for international mail, that's not a problem. It will actually make them more efficient and more effective if they can compete in that market," he said.<br /><br />Merrifield added the opening up of the international market would not affect rural mail delivery.<br /><br />Liberal Sen. Bob Peterson believes the Conservatives can't be trusted on the issue.<br /><br />Tuesday, he introduced a motion to further protect rural mail services.<br /><br />"Despite lofty promises and empty assurances by Canada Post and the government, the fact remains that 42 rural post offices and 55,000 rural mailboxes have been padlocked since this Conservative government came to office," he said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com