Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Slava

After seeing how ignorant people are with the community mailbox, I wouldn’t want it on my property. People don’t want the flyers and junk mail, so they stuff them into the slot, or just drop them. People are incredibly inconsiderate, and while that’s not specific to these mailboxes, I can see why people don’t want them attached to their property.

I can see your point there. We have a community box in front of our office and we've never had an issue with anything other than increased traffic. People park in front of it but only for a couple minutes.

Never really had a problem with garbage and, when I lived in an apartment they actually did put bins out for recycling and garbage right at the mailbox.

However, I can definitely see some people being careless and inconsiderate about it and why you wouldnt want it on your property.

[flamesfever]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Ok Boomer

Pre-boomer.

Happily, I'm still able to fight with you young'uns.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

Pre-boomer.

Happily, I'm still able to fight with you young'uns.

I'm still not getting off of your lawn!

[troutman]

How to stop receiving unaddressed advertising mail

https://www.canadapost-.ca/cpc/en/pe...rs-choice.page

Consumers’ Choice program

When you choose to be part of the Consumers’ Choice program, here are some examples of items that we will not deliver:

Flyers and restaurant menus
Free product samples and coupons
Unaddressed magazines and store catalogues
Notices from non-profit organizations
Offers from banking institutions and telecommunications services

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Locke

I can see your point there. We have a community box in front of our office and we've never had an issue with anything other than increased traffic. People park in front of it but only for a couple minutes.
.

A couple of minutes?!?! Are people aware they can take their mail home to read it?

[flamesfever]

Originally Posted by Locke

I'm still not getting off of your lawn!

You will when I hit you in the ass with my Red Ryder BB gun.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by D as in David

A couple of minutes?!?! Are people aware they can take their mail home to read it?

It mostly a traffic thing because the box is on a busy road, but they cant read it at flamesfever's house without having to evade gunfire apparently....

Originally Posted by flamesfever

You will when I hit you in the ass with my Red Ryder BB gun.

[WideReceiver]

Between my community mail box and my house are four trash and four organics bins. I open my mail on my short walk home. All of the recyclable paper and trash is disposed of appropriately.

[Slava]

Canada Post received strike notice and workers are set to hit the picket lines on Friday.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Slava

Canada Post received strike notice and workers are set to hit the picket lines on Friday.

This is going to be interesting.

[Scroopy Noopers]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel...tary-1.7538495

Headline

Canada, Britain, France threaten action if Israel does not stop military offensive and lift aid restrictions

"The Israeli government's denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching international humanitarian law," a joint statement released by the prime minister's office said.

"We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank.... We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions."

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

All you young guys think you're making a better world. But it's more ****ed up than it has ever been.

A sentiment that only old white men can earnestly share

[Locke]

I am generally disinclined to be willing to pay people who are doing a bad job more money to continue doing it poorly.

Further reinforced by CRA striking, getting paid more, getting a bigger budget and then proceeding to roll out one of the single most fataed-up Tax Seasons in a generation.

You want more money? What are you going to give for it?

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Locke

I am generally disinclined to be willing to pay people who are doing a bad job more money to continue doing it poorly.

Further reinforced by CRA striking, getting paid more, getting a bigger budget and then proceeding to roll out one of the single most fataed-up Tax Seasons in a generation.

You want more money? What are you going to give for it?

What does cutting management salaries have to do with strikes and employees getting better wages?

[GordonBlue]

summary from CBC on the Canada Post situation.
Canada Post is in a frightful mess and the union seems to stupid to realize that.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canad...acts-1.7539354

How bad is it?
About as bad as it gets. The last time it made a profit was 2017. Since then it has lost $3 billion.
This summer, Canada Post will have to refinance other loans worth $500 million and, it says, by 2026 it will need $1 billion a year from the government just to meet its financial obligations.

Canada Post hit peak letter delivery nearly 20 years ago. In 2006, it delivered 5.5 billion letters. In 2023 it delivered only 2.2 billion letters.

But here's the thing. Letters are an albatross around Canada Post's neck.
It has a monopoly on delivering them. In return, it agrees to service every single address in Canada .
Since 2006, Canada has added three million new addresses as the population has grown. Canada Post has to serve them all. But it's delivering more than three billion fewer letters to them.

When it comes to parcel delivery, there is no monopoly, and there is no set price.
Canada Post admits it's getting beaten. Badly. In 2019, it delivered 62 per cent of the packages in this country. In 2023, it was only 29 per cent.

Canada Post says part of the reason it can't compete is that it doesn't deliver on weekends, while many private companies do. It wants to hire more part-time staff to work those days, but the union says that amounts to gig work, and won't accept it.

Canada Post claims most of its employees can't be laid off under any circumstances, which it characterizes as "jobs for life."
Indeed the collective agreement says "there shall be no temporary or permanent lay-off of any employee (excluding term employees)" who have been employed for more than five continuous years. Canada Post claims the vast majority of its workforce is in that situation.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

Canada Post says part of the reason it can't compete is that it doesn't deliver on weekends, while many private companies do. It wants to hire more part-time staff to work those days, but the union says that amounts to gig work, and won't accept it.

So why can't they have full-time workers do it? Like have some employees move their schedule up or down two days?

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by Parallex

So why can't they have full-time workers do it? Like have some employees move their schedule up or down two days?

Say you're an employee who has worked Monday to Friday for twenty years. Why would you be interested in working on Saturday and/or Sunday if you're not going to get paid more for giving up your weekend.

[TheIronMaiden]

The fact that Canada post can't fire employees despite obvious issues is a crab mentality.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Say you're an employee who has worked Monday to Friday for twenty years. Why would you be interested in working on Saturday and/or Sunday if you're not going to get paid more for giving up your weekend.

I don't love "I don't want to do this work but won't let my employer hire someone else to do it either" as a response.

The old people who love Canada Post might not be a big enough constituency to get the government to shovel billions into it anymore. It's a big risk for the union/employees, as reductions in delivery (community boxes, less frequency) with associated cuts are definitely a possibility here, and if it doesn't get fixed even more drastic actions could be required. EG Denmark's national postal system is ending letter delivery completely at the end of this year.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

When it comes to parcel delivery, there is no monopoly, and there is no set price.
Canada Post admits it's getting beaten. Badly. In 2019, it delivered 62 per cent of the packages in this country. In 2023, it was only 29 per cent.

Are you under the impression that in 2023 Canada post is shipping half of the parcels they did in 2019?

This dispute is a mess for a lot of reasons but man these misleading stats/arguments aren’t helpful.