Canada Post is a Crown Corporation being sustained by tax dollars.
They sustained, "a loss before tax of $254 million in the second quarter of 2023."
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Do you mail parcels through Canada Post?
We don't any more.
The final item took two weeks to travel, registered, 580 km.
We now use UPS.
Concept
What if every Canadian paid $10.00 a month, flat rate, no add ons for all our mail delivered like Amazon?
First criticism is Amazon's alleged low wages.
Here is what Glass Door offers:
https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/amazon-delivery-driver-salary-SRCH_KO0,22.htm
Indeed says this is what Canada Post is paying its employees.
Salaries for Canada Post in British Columbia vary by position, with average hourly pay ranging from $17.51 to $23.30 and average annual pay ranging from $47,643 to $70,336:
Operations Associate: $17.51 per hour
Mail Carrier: $23.30 per hour, or $47,643 per year
Supervisor: $70,336 per year
Postal Clerk: $23.45 per hour, with a range of $14.00–$35.25
Office Assistant: $18.90 per hour
Posting Clerk: $22.68 per hour
I'm not on Facebook but my friends tell me that it seems the majority of responders to this favor the public corporation over privatiztion which would result in higher prices to users. Our tzx dollars keep the costs clow compared to UPS, FedX etc.