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Originally Posted by transplant99
Clearly there would be a need for the government to make sure fringe areas still receive the services that for profit companies would not touch.
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So yah, your solution is for CP to stop competing where they can make money in favour of concentrating on where they lose money. I guess that idea is indeed low hanging fruit for mockery, but that's not really an argument for it being a good idea, is it?
Aside from an ideological blind spot, exactly why shouldn't Canada Post compete with private enterprise in delivering packages - especially considering there is a synergy with their already existing mandate to deliver mail? If they can do it more cheaply than the alternatives, then I guess those alternatives have to step it up, and if they can't do it better, then I guess people will choose those alternatives.
If Canada Post was continually needing bailouts or subsidies from the taxpayer, then maybe you could make a case for unfair competition, but they're not. So it makes no sense to curtail CP's operations for the sake of giant American companies like UPS and Fedex, unless, again, there is a need to unfairly advantage private business "because socialism".