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chemgear · 04-28-2015, 09:30 AM

http://globalnews.ca/news/1955661/ca...after-outrage/

Canada Post says it changed over 700 locations across the country last year after concerns from neighbourhood residents.

Nicole Norris had been fighting for weeks to stop a large community mailbox in front of her living room window on the sidewalk outside her house in Cedarbrae.

After inquiries from Global News, she says the are now relocating the box across the street where an old mail carrier drop box once stood.

“They changed their mind,” she said. “You think that you have this good point and you try to compromise with them and they don’t want to hear anything you have to say. Well just don’t give up, because we didn’t, and now they are moving it.”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...oxes-1.3044905

The city of Hamilton is going to court against Canada Post to try to stop the corporation from installing new super mailboxes.

The city became the first last week to pass a bylaw dictating that the corporation get a $200 permit for each community mailbox it wants to install on municipal property. The mailboxes are part of the corporation's plan to phase out urban door-to-door mail delivery across the country, including 117,000 Hamilton homes over the next 10 years.

But Canada Post says it doesn't have to follow the city's rules, and is going ahead with installing mailboxes on the Mountain this week anyway. It says the federal Canada Post Corporation Act trumps the municipality's rules.

Municipal law expert John Mascarin told CBC Hamilton last week that Canada Post is the likely victor in any court challenge, since federal laws trump municipal ones.

04-28-2015, 09:30 AM	#175
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	http://globalnews.ca/news/1955661/ca...after-outrage/ Canada Post says it changed over 700 locations across the country last year after concerns from neighbourhood residents. Nicole Norris had been fighting for weeks to stop a large community mailbox in front of her living room window on the sidewalk outside her house in Cedarbrae. After inquiries from Global News, she says the are now relocating the box across the street where an old mail carrier drop box once stood. “They changed their mind,” she said. “You think that you have this good point and you try to compromise with them and they don’t want to hear anything you have to say. Well just don’t give up, because we didn’t, and now they are moving it.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...oxes-1.3044905 The city of Hamilton is going to court against Canada Post to try to stop the corporation from installing new super mailboxes. The city became the first last week to pass a bylaw dictating that the corporation get a $200 permit for each community mailbox it wants to install on municipal property. The mailboxes are part of the corporation's plan to phase out urban door-to-door mail delivery across the country, including 117,000 Hamilton homes over the next 10 years. But Canada Post says it doesn't have to follow the city's rules, and is going ahead with installing mailboxes on the Mountain this week anyway. It says the federal Canada Post Corporation Act trumps the municipality's rules. Municipal law expert John Mascarin told CBC Hamilton last week that Canada Post is the likely victor in any court challenge, since federal laws trump municipal ones.