POLL: 81% of readers would be fine with weekly mail delivery
- Canada Post experienced an operating deficit of $1.3 billion in 2024 due to decreasing mail and package volumes and associated revenue.
- This financial decline reflects an ongoing trend since 2017 and prompted a report warning of an existential crisis for Canada Post.
- The report proposed ending daily home mail delivery, while an online poll showed 81% of readers would accept weekly delivery instead.
- Opposition to ending daily delivery mainly comes from New Democrats, low-income readers, and those with union ties, with little difference by sex in views.
- Since the end of May, CUPW has been authorized to strike, highlighting ongoing labor disputes amid the uncertain outlook for Canada Post.
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POLL: 81% of readers would be fine with weekly mail delivery
Daily snail mail? Not critical, say a resounding number of readers
·Elliot Lake, Canada
Read Full ArticleA mail carrier was fired last week after dumping large piles of mail in Waalwijk. A passerby found the mail and took the letters to the police station. "It is of course not the intention that mail items are found on the street. We have also taken measures to prevent this from happening again. The employee in question no longer works for us," a spokesperson for PostNL said. PostNL did not reveal how many items of mail were involved and how many a…
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