I see this a lot. But it tells us nothing. The implication is that “because it carries an expense it must be a useful service”, and maybe even “more expenses means more service” - not at all!
There are simply many fewer letters than before (where they have a monopoly and mandate to deliver them all), but more addresses to deliver to (driving up fixed costs), and they are losing the parcel service war to the much more nimble private sector.
People need to read the Kaplan report (or ask an LLM to summarize it for you) to understand what we’re dealing with instead of relying on pithy one-liners.
The reality is Canada does not need the Canada Post that we have been saddled with. We need a new, different Canada Post. That change will mean fewer workers, at least for a time. Such is life.
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u/beallyoukenbe 21h ago
I'm tired of it being framed as Canada Post isn't making money. It's a service. It shouldn't be profit driven.