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The Liberals Are Bailing Out Canada Post Management Again (www.readthemaple.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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The federal government is doing management’s bidding by undermining CUPW and forcing a vote on a substandard offer.

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[+] -13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Parcel delivery is a service that can be run for a profit (by real couriers like UPS, FEDEX, etc, not those bullishit Amazon couriers). There are other services the government provides that cannot (and should not) be operated for profit (ie healthcare). I would much rather my tax dollars go towards that, rather than operating Canada Post at a loss.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Healthcare is a service that can be run for profit.

    Education is a service that can be run for profit.

    Infrastructure building can be run for profit.

    Home building can be run for profit.

    Doesn't mean any of it should.

    I would rather my tax dollars go to the services we need which includes postal. You may live in an area that easily has other alternatives, but this is Canada and most of our country is rural.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There are other services the government provides that cannot (and should not) be operated for profit (ie healthcare).

    I already said this.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Education is a service that can be run for profit.

    Infrastructure building can be run for profit.

    Home building can be run for profit.

    Doesn’t mean any of it should.

    I would rather my tax dollars go to the services we need which includes postal. You may live in an area that easily has other alternatives, but this is Canada and most of our country is rural.

    I added to the conversation. Care to do the same?

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