"The federal government is letting Canada Post change the way it delivers mail in an effort to save the carrier, which is effectively going bankrupt.

"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting those addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

"Canada Post can also close some rural post offices.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/canada-post-says-green-light-to-end-door-to-door-deliveries-can-help-with-climb-out-of-financial-hole-9.6916329

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"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting those addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

We have not had door home service in more that 20 years. Not a big deal for me.

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On 25 Sep 2025, paul said the following...

"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting those addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

Probably a good idea


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"The federal government is letting Canada Post change the way it delivers mai

>n an effort to save the carrier, which is effectively going bankrupt.

"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting

>se addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

They did that to me close to 20 years ago, and a lot of other people
obviously. Some of them have to drive 10 miles to get their mail.
I'm lucky since the box for here is only about a mile distant so I
can easily jog or bicycle out to check for mail.

In recent years I've been thinking Canada Post should concentrate more
on having a reliable courier service at reasonable prices and maybe
cut back on regular mail deliveries to 3 days a week or something.

There is so little reliance on regular mail these days I figure
3 days a week wouldn't hurt too many people that much..

As far as actual addressed mail goes, I probably only get about
one letter every 3 weeks or so most of the time. That goes up a
bit at Tax time since a lot of places still mail out hard copies
of Tax documents, plus I do my taxes on paper, not online..

But of course the Canada Post union (CUPW) not only doesn't want
to see any layoffs, they actually want them to hire More people
in a business losing around $3 Million a day...

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Hello Rob!

** On Saturday 27.09.25 - 07:40, you wrote to me:

"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home
deliveries, shifting

se addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

They did that to me close to 20 years ago, and a lot of
other people obviously. Some of them have to drive 10
miles to get their mail. I'm lucky since the box for here
is only about a mile distant so I can easily jog or
bicycle out to check for mail.

It's been 20 yrs since the introduction of those community
"boxes"? I didn't think it was that long ago.

In recent years I've been thinking Canada Post should
concentrate more on having a reliable courier service at
reasonable prices and maybe cut back on regular mail
deliveries to 3 days a week or something.

There is so little reliance on regular mail these days I
figure 3 days a week wouldn't hurt too many people that
much..

But if they cut back the days for regular mail, what will those
employess do on the other 2 work days in the week?

As a biz owner in town, I get a free little box at the PO in
town. But I only check it Wednesdays and Fridays.

But of course the Canada Post union (CUPW) not only
doesn't want to see any layoffs, they actually want them
to hire More people in a business losing around $3 Million
a day...

The union seems to think they can tell the CPC how to "run a
business". I heard the clip by the union leader that "CPC is
making up the losses" or that the CPC has caused them
artificially to somehow justify their bargaining stance.

From my rural office, I hear that the workers and delivery
drivers are happy with the benifits and wages - and that they
would not necessarily care to stike. But the biggest sway in
voting is by the workers in the cities.

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"The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home
deliveries, shifting

>> addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

They did that to me close to 20 years ago, and a lot of
other people obviously. Some of them have to drive 10
miles to get their mail.

It's been 20 yrs since the introduction of those community

>"boxes"? I didn't think it was that long ago.

Out in the boonies they got sick of going to individual mail
boxes on roads with very few properties, especially in areas
where a lot of places are seasonal and they may have to drive
miles to drop mail for 1 or 2 people.

In recent years I've been thinking Canada Post should
concentrate more on having a reliable courier service at
reasonable prices and maybe cut back on regular mail
deliveries to 3 days a week or something.

But if they cut back the days for regular mail, what will those

>employess do on the other 2 work days in the week?

Either give the carriers 2 routes and go to a 4 day work week and
(i.e..) do one route Monday and Wednesday and the other route
Tuesday and Thursday.. Or deliver to one route 3 days one week
and 2 days the next week switching back and forth.

That would cut the delivery task force in half.
You hate to see people lose their jobs but the corporation has
to have been really working at it to get into this bad a shape..

But of course the Canada Post union (CUPW) not only
doesn't want to see any layoffs, they actually want them
to hire More people in a business losing around $3 Million
a day...

That $3 Million a day was over several years I now believe.
They've been saying for this year they are losing $10 million
a day.

The union seems to think they can tell the CPC how to "run a

>business". I heard the clip by the union leader that "CPC is
>making up the losses" or that the CPC has caused them
>artificially to somehow justify their bargaining stance.

I'd say to the start of that, typical union thinking..
But probably the situation is being somewhat exaggerated by
the CPC as well, also typical.

But, as I mentioned a while back, My first long term part time
job (while in school) was with a company with a powerful union
and at one point I was threatened by the union for 'working too
hard', something that got me more hours and higher pay than the
union contract specified.

From my rural office, I hear that the workers and delivery

>drivers are happy with the benifits and wages - and that they
>would not necessarily care to stike. But the biggest sway in
>voting is by the workers in the cities.

Yes, I'm not certain what the situation is here for the drivers.
If it hasn't changed in recent years I don't believe they are
actually employed by CPC, they are independent contractors who
bid for the delivery service each year.

I wouldn't be surprised if that practice may have been changed
by the union a while back to get more workers covered by the
union (paying dues)..

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