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transplant99 · 06-19-2016, 01:55 PM

I mean you guys can argue for keeping all this stuff going on any sort of humanitarian/utopian society grounds you like. Its not reality though.

Canada Post itself commissioned a report 3 years ago that came to the conclusion the crown corporation was staring at losing a BILLION dollars by 2020. Thats when theystarted to lay off unnecessary employees and jacked prices on stamps and some other services in order to get their business even somewhat in order.

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-libr....aspx?did=5443

The writing is on the wall. they are a dinosaur and only exist right now because they are taxpayer propped.

Again though the biggest problem is the government should NOT be in the business of competing with private industry. It's insane and counter productive.

I will agree that in some instances maybe CP should still be around to service areas that may not be reachable by other for profit companies, but beyond that they dont deserve any special treatment over and above what the private sector has to deal with.

06-19-2016, 01:55 PM	#49
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	I mean you guys can argue for keeping all this stuff going on any sort of humanitarian/utopian society grounds you like. Its not reality though. Canada Post itself commissioned a report 3 years ago that came to the conclusion the crown corporation was staring at losing a BILLION dollars by 2020. Thats when theystarted to lay off unnecessary employees and jacked prices on stamps and some other services in order to get their business even somewhat in order. http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-libr....aspx?did=5443 The writing is on the wall. they are a dinosaur and only exist right now because they are taxpayer propped. Again though the biggest problem is the government should NOT be in the business of competing with private industry. It's insane and counter productive. I will agree that in some instances maybe CP should still be around to service areas that may not be reachable by other for profit companies, but beyond that they dont deserve any special treatment over and above what the private sector has to deal with.