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Why are we still paying a fuck ton of money and wasting a shit ton of paper delivering unsolicited commercial mail - can we please deal with that first and realize that a post service is a public service and doesn't need to be profitable?
To the actual question... no - the mail exists for bills and rare correspondences, I don't think anyone would notice if, for instance, we switched to Friday only deliveries.
You're not paying a fuck ton of money. Canada Post is a separate entity from the government and is a self-sustaining business that receives no money from the government.
Unsolicited commercial mail is paid for by the company sending it. All mail is paid for by the people sending it. It doesn't cost you anything to receive it. And when it really matters, like those "rare" correspondence that contain your drivers license, or insurance slips, or your health card, or your doctor's appointments, or even your small parcels from eBay, I'm sure you want those as soon as they come in. You should care about regular mail delivery. Because once you lose it, it's never coming back.
I pay for commercial mail by needing to constantly empty my overflowing mailbox and trying to make sure I don't lose any important mail in the process. And we, collectively, pay for spam mail because of the externalities on our society including having all that waste paper collected and recycled (and recycling isn't free or 100% effective).
Externalities are a cost we can't ignore - I'd rather pay tax dollars to support a good service than subsidize a shitty service with advertisements.
Dude, just put a "no junk mail" sticker on your mailbox and it will stop. https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/consumers-choice.page
Sorry, I'm an immigrant and nobody ever told me about this. I absolutely will!
It doesn't help when they just ignore it and pile the junk mail on top of the sign that says "No junk mail"
I have one, doesn't stop Bell from sending me flyers even though I don't have any services with them.
If the mail is unaddressed, contact your delivery post depot to figure out what's up.
If the mail is addressed, you need to unsubscribe from Bell sending it to you.
This.
There is a difference in how Canada Post treats "unaddressed admail" and addressed mail (even if it is an advertisement).