Phasing out postal services

Canada phasing out all urban mail delivery

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Canada Post ending door to door mail delivery is clearly not simply about costs. It's about jobs, and contempt for labour, and constantly telling Canadians to expect less, and us quietly taking it. We can afford to give enormous tax breaks and subsidies to the wealthiest entities in the history of money (fossil fuel companies) to make it ever more profitable to destroy the climate, but we can't invest in people being able to get mail? That's not about being able to afford it, that's about priorities. Union busting is a priority for those with power today, and what you personally think about it isn't.

Does anyone remember what started the postal workers' strike in 2011 to begin with?

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/06/06/PostalWorkerSupport/

And is it possible that even a cursory examination of the issues around it might offer some useful perspective?

https://raisethehammer.org/article/1396/canada_post_debate_rife_with_misinformation

Every time the back of another union is broken, we all lose. Without unions, we would never have ended child labour, created workplace safety legislation, established a theoretical 40 hour work week, or created the weekend. For being a strong union that demonstrated actual clout, the postal workers have had a target on their backs for a long time. To my mind, this is a direct assault on them, no more justified than labelling environmental activists terrorists. Their crime: believing in a world where people who work hard get fair pay and have hope for their quality of life. That's not a dream we are supposed to have any more. The fact that getting a birthday card or your bills in the mail is going to become more inconvenient is just a side show. — with PostNet Canada at Everywhere in Canada that receives mail.