Nationalize internet service and put Canada Post in charge. It’s about making sure all Canadians can communicate effectively and affordably. Penalize private delivery services that don’t meet the labour standards (and as private citizens refuse to use them, nickel and dime everything you can out of them, send shit back not delivered by Canada Post and refuse to pay for the return - just refuse delivery), expose all private holdings of delivery services stock, assets, relatives with equity positions, etc. of anyone in government who therefore have a conflict of interest and charge them a fee equivalent to all profits to be made if they vote against Canada post employees. It’s a service, not a business. We don’t expect the military to turn a profit.
You’re wrong
We do expect the military to turn a profit. Just not a profit for you.
So, the question I have is, how can we help the postal workers and encourage the government to actually make Canada Post work?
At this point, by writing letters to our MPs, expressing clearly what we want to see happen and what we don’t. For example that we want to see Section 107 gone and Canada Post funded. Slightly further into the future, by following the NDP leadership election and voting in it so we can get a stronger alternative during the next federal election, one that will support Canada Post’s workers.
I know that the fed NDP and the BCNDP are not the same party, but seeing the betrayal union workers are facing in BC under an NDP government is really shaking any sort of hope I’ve had for a party that truly gives any fucks about the people. I’ll continue to support federally but just feel so hesitant and pessimistic about it all.
It’s why participating in shaping parties before elections is important. David Eby is a lawyer. Currently there’s a union guy running for a federal NDP leather. Pessimism is healthy and warranted. It’s why we should act when there’s opportunity for improvment.
The BC NDP has been taken over by corporate toadies. It’s NDP in name only.
https://sparksolidarity.ca/2024/10/21/bc-ndp-leadership-controversy/
The federal party? We’ll have to wait and see.
Thanks. I wasn’t paying close enough attention when all of that with Appadurai happened, but I’m much more attentive now. That’s a good recap.
Canada post should not ever be a corporation of any kind.
It should be a service, like healthcare, without any requirement or expectation of ever turning a profit.
All revenue would do is help offset some of the cost.
True. Very True. We should both be buying our shit back that we sold to private industry and stop seeing services as a “for profit business”. It’s infrastructure. Make the phone a utility again as well. The current path is surrounded by tricky greed fog is and out of control.
What I don’t understand is, if a crown corporation is losing billions of dollars, someone is not doing their job. Roll some heads, starting with Doug Ettinger, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Canada Post,
What evidence do you have that Canada Post’s CEO is the main problem? I mean you admit that Canada Post is owned by the government, then blame the CEO - who’s boss is the same government - for all the problems.
This is on the feds and no one else. Too many of our politicians are in bed with investment banks and private equity, setting themselves up for a new job when they leave politics. It is the feds you should be blaming.
Are you asking why the CEO isn’t held to account for the performance of an operation under his direction? Even if he isn’t personally the main issue, he is accountable.
Canada post started losing money as soon as he came into the picture
Look up some clips of what the striking workers are saying and all of them are talking shit about this ceo
Ettinger sits on the board of directors of Purolator. That’s a massive conflict of interest at the very least.
How?
Canada Post is the majority shareholder of Purolator.
While I agree Canada post is losing lots of money you also got to keep in mind that they’re a government service not intended to make a profit.
Our tax dollars fund their operation, same goes with any other service provided by the government, only in a few circumstances where earning a profit makes sense like… a government funded bakery? Couldn’t think of a better example.
Why should Canada Post be a corporation at all? It is legally managed to serve all Canadians. Corporations otherwise are not legally required to serve this or that place or demographic. Yet Canada Post must deliver to as far as Grise Fiord. It cannot be profitable while legally obligated to service extremely unprofitable regions. It can either serve all Canadians as a service, or be a real corporation that can make decisions like target demographics and operations, but not both.
(To be clear, I think everyone deserves mail service, including the people of Grise Fiord, so it should be a service and not a corp.)
Well I want all my mail to be delivered by Canada Post. But sellers choose otherwise so blame sellers not me.
Canada post missed the bus when they didn’t find a way to pivot and use their infrastructure to create a delivery system for Internet packages. Now they have to try play catch up.
Why aren’t they creating delivery services for all goods in every city that they have infrastructure in? Using their employees as delivery drivers or bicycle delivery people. Or even contracting to private business and large corporations to operate mail rooms and internal delivery systems. Why is the federal government allowing someone like Amazon to recently create their own delivery services. Why not nationalize delivery services? There are so many options yet they stay stuck.
If Can post wants to exist they need to find a new way. Letter mail isn’t gonna cut it.
Canada post missed the bus when they didn’t find a way to pivot and use their infrastructure to create a delivery system for Internet packages. Now they have to try play catch up.
Canada Post exists as a Crown Corporation under a specific mandate; I don’t think they could just pivot to become an internet service provider on their own
