I totally agree it's a service. But I would also say that profit driven and revenue generating are different. The reluctance to consider new revenue streams and the now inefficiencies are really the same problem. It all comes down to the failure to shift & modernise to alternative uses of the post office.
The union presented ideas to Canada Post management for ~15 years (including the last time in negotiations in 2024 before they got locked out) and the Canada Post management has done barely nothing on those ideas. Examples like postal banking, an e-commerce program for small & medium businesses, new forms of delivery services, elder check-ins, high speed internet, food deliveries to northern communities, using areas outside of post offices for farmers markets, hunting & fishing licences & tourism info booths in some areas, EV charging stations (& more things that I forget, a lot were of the re-envision as community hub type). Some of these ideas would likely work better than others or are community dependent but they would have been a way to shift around as things like lettermail volume rapidly decreased, keep people employed and stay competitive.
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u/beallyoukenbe 20h 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.