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Canada Post workers on nationwide strike after government demands reforms (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"The bottom line is this: Canada Post is effectively insolvent," Lightbound said earlier Thursday.

"It provides an essential service to Canadians, and in particular to rural, remote and Indigenous communities, and Canadians are rightfully attached to it and want it saved. However, repeated bailouts from the federal government are not the solution."

FFS it's a service not a business; profit is not the goal. Paying bills for services isn't 'bailing out' your service provider, it's paying for what you've used.

Mail transit is essential for a modern civilization, and it's not something that should be privately controlled. Having private options is fine, but there should ALWAYS be a federal mail service.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

Seeing how we also do this with public transit, hospitals, libraries and other public services, this point of view is disappointing and unfortunately very prevalent. The only thing where we can dump billions without ever asking if it's profitable, is roads. We can expropriate and build a 4 lane highway extension in the middle of a corn field for a little half a billion, multiple times, but funding hospitals, schools, public transit, clean water, the mail... ugh, such money pits!

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And it's not like private businesses offer service to the remote parts of the country. I find it odd how you can mandate it serves every address and has to be profitable. Those two things do not mesh. If you want it profitable it well drop serving every address.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want it [to be] profitable ~~it~~ well drop serving every address.

That's not an acceptable option either. Everyone should have access to mail service and as the private services aren't obliged to provide it, the federal system needs to step up.

Public services are there to serve the public, not to turn a profit. It's this expectation of profitability that needs to change.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

private services aren't obliged to provide it

Private services are not allowed to provide it. Canada Post has an exclusive monopoly by law.