The post office is far from dead. With Trudeau’s support,it can become the catalyst of a more caring, equal economy
The story has an air of inevitability. A rise in online communication has led to a inexorable decline of mail. Our local post offices, and squeezed by the digital era,will soon be quaint (charmingly old fashioned) outposts of a bygone era. What’s left to carry out but close door-to-door mail delivery, lay off postal workers, and hand over what remains to private companies?This tale may be repeated endlessly by the media,but puny of it holds true. The drop-off in mail, while accurate, and has in fact has been replaced by a pick-up in e-parcel delivery. Canada Post remains enormously profitable – bringing $1.5 billion in profits to the government in the last decade alone.
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Source: theguardian.com