Canada Post Strike

Holding Canada for ransom during this season is disgusting!  I know there are alternatives to Canada Post for package delivery nowadays but there are many small businesses and entities who cannot afford their rates!  And Canada Post goes to many destinations most courier companies fear to tread.  

I'm blaming both sides for this debacle!  It's not like the union demands were a secret!  It could have been settled months ago with both sides committed to meaningful negotiation to arrive at a suitable compromise.  I'm not interested at finger pointing at one side or the other.  They are already blaming each other!

Watching the situation, I can see many users faced with selecting another delivery service not returning to Canada Post after the strike. Canada Post will lose business and have to downsize.  I don't think Canada Post should make money no more than the police forces or fire departments should make money.  They offer a service to all Canadians and a certain amount of our tax dollars should pay for that!  Canada Post costs our federal government millions each year! But there is a limit!

I really believe that if this strike continues at this time of year it will ultimately seriously affect Canada Post's business model and make them even less viable as a business than they are now.  That situation will likely cost many postal employees their jobs and reduce service to outlaying or isolated areas.

A lose-lose situation for all Canadians! 

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Changes at the Beiseker Post Office

I am not presentable to anyone until I've had my morning coffee!  My wife ordered my coffee more than a week ago.  It was mailed to Beiseker last week. 

But I didn't get it!  After checking the mail over a few days, my wife went on an investigation.  She found the errant parcel notice in a bunch of recycling I'd brought home from the post office.  I always sorted my mail on that little shelf near the post office door.  Now the shelf is gone, I try to sort through my mail as best I can at the mailbox. 

Obviously not well!  I went down and retrieved my coffee; all is well. 

I sort of understand why the Canada Post doesn't want us recycling our flyers in there, but why take out that very convenient little shelf?   Canada Post is a federal responsibility.  I'm going to ask our MP, Martin Shields, if he can find out why Mr. Trudeau took away our little shelf!