OTTAWA – Thousands of postal workers and supporters rallied in Ottawa on Sunday to send a message to Canada Post and the Harper federal government about their plan to end door-to-door mail delivery and hike postage rates. “The Conservatives are wrong to think that people are going to accept these cuts,” Gayle Bossenberry of the […]
The Canada Postal Workers Union have started a “Save the Canada Post” campaign to demand the reversal of planned cuts to the postal service. After reading the editorial below it makes a person wonder if Canada Post’s recent plan is nothing more than an attempt to privatize. Deepak Chopra, CEO of Canada Post is the […]
The US Postal Service has insisted it is scanning and obtaining signatures for inbound international registered mail, after Canada Post complained that it was not. Canada Post issued a statement this week announcing that it has suspended its Registered Mail (USA) service, effective 13th January 2014, because items “may not be scanned and a signature […]
Recently, the United States Postal Service (USPS) changed the way it handles Registered Mail received from other countries. The items are now processed in the First Class mail stream once they arrive in the U.S. This change has resulted in the following: Registered Mail (USA) items may not be scanned and a signature at delivery […]
Canada Post workers in Winnipeg headed out in the freezing temperatures this weekend to hand out petitions in an effort to save door-to-door delivery. The organization announced in December that it will be making cuts, which will include a reduction in home mail service. Instead, community mailboxes will be used in cities to cut down […]
Canada Post’s CEO says tablets have devastated the postal service, with the carrier delivering one billion fewer pieces in 2012 than in 2006. Deepak Chopra says difficult changes are necessary for Canada Post to be self-sufficient.
New Hampshire Letter Carrier Bill Brickley points out that while congressman Darrell Issa(R-CA) is applauding Canada Post’s plan to end door-to-door delivery within the next five years –he fails to mention Canada Post is planning on raising rates. Not only is Canada Post planning on raising rates but they are doing so by introducing a […]
Canada Post’s Five-point Action Plan — Customers Canada Post has released an integrated Five-point Action Plan that will form the foundation of a new postal system designed to meet the needs of busy Canadians. The implementation of this plan means Canada Post can return to financial sustainability by 2019.
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today applauded Canada Post, the Canadian postal service, for moving to phase out expensive to-the-door delivery for paper mail. Chairman Issa, chief sponsor of H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013, has advanced similar reforms. “As technology advances, the Canadian people are […]
Losses, volume decline reinforce need to transform business model Aug. 27, 2013 Ottawa (ON) – Canada Post today reported a loss before tax of $104 million for the second quarter as Transaction Mail volumes fell by 6.3 per cent compared to the same period last year, putting the Canada Post Group of Companies* on track […]