Canada Post wanted to eliminate home delivery of mail, claiming community mailboxes were expected to put the crown corporation back on fiscal track by 2019.
Canada Post says Canadians mailed more than a billion fewer pieces of mail in 2013 than they did in 2006, which was speculated on the
increased use of digital communications, such as electronic on-line
payments, e-commerce and emails. This move could have made Canada, one of the first G7 countries to abolish all door-to-door mail deliveries.
During
an election campaign in 2015, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and New
Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada Tom Mulcair pledged to restore door-to-door delivery to Canadians, if elected as the next Prime
Minister. The Liberals had collapsed to just 34 seats in the 2011 federal election, along with being third place political party of Canada
behind the NDP. The Liberal party is now the new, majority government
with 184 Constituencies strong, along with their leader Justin Trudeau
as the new Prime Minister (PM) of Canada. After becoming the next PM,
Justin Trudeau only temporarily suspended it's conversion of door-to-door mail delivery to community mailboxes. Door-to-door delivery
of mail from Canada Post, will continue for people who have not yet
been
issued a community mailbox. There has been some speculation that many
Canadians who have already had their door-to-door delivery converted to
a community mailbox will most likely not get
it restored back. The Liberals along with the NDP asserted during the
election campaign promise if elected, bringing restoring back home
delivery to Canadians that already converted to community mailboxes and
keeping door to door mail service should not cost Canadian taxpayers any
more money. All costs should be absorbed by the revenue of Canada Post,
not Canadian taxpayers from the conversion to community mailbox savings
scheme from Canada Post.
Community
mailboxes have been around since the 1980s, and they are now standard
in all new housing development in Canada. Canada Post does not offer door-to-door regular mail service to two-thirds of Canadians. Back in
May 2016 the Liberal government decided to launch a review board to
determine the future of mail services of Canada Post, now there’s no
guarantee home
delivery will be restored for those who have recently lost it. The
Liberals and Trudeau had made a pledge to Canadians, during last
autumn's election campaign if elected to “save and restore door to door
mail deliveries”, which Trudeau kept half of the promise, by halting Canada Post's conversion to community mailbox programme after being elected as PM.
Now the Liberal government is now committed themselves to a $2-million independent review of Canada Post
and mail delivery services. Now where is the commitment now to restore home delivery to
those who have been fully transitioned to community mailboxes. What is the option here for restoring home mail delivery and
keeping Canada Post viable. Canada Post could restructure their
mail delivery options, so Canadians can get their mail weekly, or just twice a week. Another option would allow Canada Post, to deliver mail to Canadian households and businesses on it's current daily six day delivery schedule? Unlike the Royal
Mail of Britain, the Liberal government has made it clear, none of
Canada Post's services won’t be privatised any time soon in the near future. Restoration of
home mail delivery for the Canadians that had their mail recently
converted to community mailboxes, does not look like their mail services will be restored as mentioned in their 2015 campaign promise. Without
restoring door to door to these Canadians, now makes it look like the
Liberals have broken a campaign promise to their Constituents and Canadians.
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