Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the government’s support of billion-dollar profits, André Frappier discusses how one of Canada’s most essential institutions is being dismantled, and who is benefiting.
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.)