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While I agree with the sentiment I don't think being a public service should exclude them from being scrutinized.
I think it was more controversial in 2014, but at a near 2 decade decline of letter mail volume thinking about reducing door to door letter services with community mailboxes seems pretty reasonable thing to at least discuss.
As far as competing with companies that are known for creating a job environment where their "contractors" have to piss in bottles. I don't think is a Canada Post issue.
I think we need to address the gig economy as a whole. It's not good for anyone other than the companies who are exploiting these workers.
Beyond that, for Canada Post specifically, I don't understand why I need lettermail delivered 5x per week. Cut it back to twice per week, and suddenly one worker can deliver to 2.5x as many houses per week. Or even just give them a day off and "only" double the number of houses served in 4 days.
This is how the rich get us:
How about this, uncle moneybags, you don't need to be a multimillionaire, you don't need 14% ROI on everything and you don't need to keep your money after you die. Suddenly we have hospitals, schools and reliable postal delivery and you're just moderately rich instead of obscenely so.
I'm not sure why you think I'm rich. Mail isn't like any of those other services. There is no mail urgent enough that it can't take one extra business day to arrive. If there is, it certainly wouldn't be sent through lettermail nor delivered by the normal carrier.
If we're going to raise taxes to pay for things (and by all means we should), I would much rather prioritize all of the other strawmen you brought up than continue to pay for lettermail delivery 5x per week.