Canada Post Announces the End of Urban Home Delivery

Lev13than writes "Canada Post is phasing out urban home delivery, raising the price of a letter to $1 and cutting 8,000 jobs to cope with dwindling volume and a projected loss of $1B/year by 2020. About 1/3 of Canadian homes currently get mail delivered to their door. Deliveries will remain weekdays-only and business will be unaffected (at least for now). Much like the USPS, Canada Post is mandated to be self-funded, but 5% annual volume declines and rising costs are taking their toll."

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Re:Slightly misleading.

[bussdriver]

Canada's Fascist Prime Minister, Harper has been trying to sabotage their mail service as well. The same playbook in the USA is being played out in other western nations... makes one wonder who is orchestrating all this. It can't be they simply offer horrible ideas to each other at these G8 summits.

Before you think I'm exaggerating, go look up what a Fascist really is and how Harper would have been booted from office if it wasn't for a horrible loophole involving the Queen. He wants to privatize part of the healthcare system because the USA's is just so great...