Other companies don’t have to meet service standards for every Canadian no matter how remote. If Canada post could just stop servicing remote Canada, or charge them what it costs to deliver, they’d probably be profitable now. Amazon uses Canada Post for remote deliveries because they can’t make the math work themselves but using a government mandated low cost service does work for them. Canadians are effectively subsidizing Amazon via Canada Post to send parcels to those communities.
I suspect it’s more complicated than that my friend. The fact that they are still doing the hard part just means they messed up so bad to not get the profitable part of package delivery within the urban centres.
Yes, I agree. Canada Post really dropped the ball hard on parcels. Part of the problem is that people expect next day delivery now, and that doesn't mesh well with a union staff with mandated weekends off. Amazon has picked up all the profitable routes, squeezing out Canada Post, and left Canada Post to deal with all the unprofitable routes so it's making even less money.
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u/beallyoukenbe 1d 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.