Got my OA and CCP today for some reason. Direct deposit.
I could care less if I get snail mail. Fucking snowplow keeps hitting my mailbox anyways.
Canada Post Strike
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I could care less if I get snail mail. Fucking snowplow keeps hitting my mailbox anyways.
Canada Post loses $10 million per day. Province of Ontario spends $30.7 billion per year on public education, Manitoba Hydro is $25 billion in debt.
There is a common theme. Poor management and prioritization of wages and benefits over productivity.
There is a common theme. Poor management and prioritization of wages and benefits over productivity.
Canada Post is on strike. Here's what you need to know — CBC News
Canadians got a big surprise this week, when the union representing Canada's postal workers suddenly called for a nationwide strike after the federal government announced major reforms to Canada Post, instructing the Crown corporation to end home delivery and close some rural mail outlets...
The union representing 55,000 postal workers says it was caught off-guard by the government's changes and argued Canada Post and the government are creating the conditions that drive down demand for its letter and parcel services?
Earlier this month, the union rejected the government's offer of a 13 per cent pay increase, saying it fell short of the union's demand for 19 per cent.
Canada Post said in a statement that no mail or parcels will be processed or delivered during the strike, and service guarantees for items already in the mail are suspended.
"No new items will be accepted until the national disruption (?) is over," it wrote.
(Canada Post will continue to deliver government benefit cheques — including Old Age Security, the Canada Child Benefit and the Canada Pension Plan — as well as live animals during the strike)
It says all mail and parcels already in the postal network will be secured and delivered as quickly as possible once operations resume.
I want a 20% raise too. It would barely cover my antihistamine bill during harvest but it'll help.When does the strike begin? It already has.
Canada Post is on strike. Here's what you need to know — CBC News
Canadians got a big surprise this week, when the union representing Canada's postal workers suddenly called for a nationwide strike after the federal government announced major reforms to Canada Post, instructing the Crown corporation to end home delivery and close some rural mail outlets...apple.news
The union representing 55,000 postal workers says it was caught off-guard by the government's changes and argued Canada Post and the government are creating the conditions that drive down demand for its letter and parcel services?
Earlier this month, the union rejected the government's offer of a 13 per cent pay increase, saying it fell short of the union's demand for 19 per cent.
Canada Post said in a statement that no mail or parcels will be processed or delivered during the strike, and service guarantees for items already in the mail are suspended.
"No new items will be accepted until the national disruption (?) is over," it wrote.
(Canada Post will continue to deliver government benefit cheques — including Old Age Security, the Canada Child Benefit and the Canada Pension Plan — as well as live animals during the strike)
It says all mail and parcels already in the postal network will be secured and delivered as quickly as possible once operations resume.
One can request that the mail be made to the home. My neighbour actually had home delivery because he was elderly & walking was too dangerous for him to go to the community mailbox. If I'm not mistaken tho' it came once a week to the house. He's since passed but it is possible now to make the request.In terms of parcels, the percentage Canada Post delivered had shrunk to around 24 per cent, dramatically down from the 62 per cent of parcel delivery it enjoyed back in 2019.
Lightbound explained that the drop in service demands means that Canada Post is losing about $10 million each day and facing a future where billions in government bailouts are the only option to keep it afloat. In the second quarter of 2025, it lost $407 million.
Transitioning the country’s remaining four million individual addresses to a community mailbox system would happen over the next nine years, with the bulk of the work happening in the next three to four years, the minister said. He added that options would be available for seniors and those facing mobility issues.
Postal workers on strike after federal government announces end to door-to-door delivery — National Post
Lightbound said the only other option would be for the government to continually bail out the Crown corporation to the tune of billions of dollars
But. . . but. . . think of all the AMAZING OFFERS you're missing!
Canada Post workers union loses challenge of back-to-work order — CBC News
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has dismissed an argument from the Canada Post workers union that a government back-to-work order was unconstitutional.
Good. Maybe I will get my fake DeWalt battery I ordered from TEMU.
Canada Post workers union loses challenge of back-to-work order — CBC News
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has dismissed an argument from the Canada Post workers union that a government back-to-work order was unconstitutional.
Read my upcoming paper "Evaluating the Utility and Effectiveness of a Swift Kick Up the Ass as a Negotiation Tactic."
Canada Post has racked up more than $1 billion in operating losses so far this year, with $535 million of that loss coming in the third quarter alone, the Crown corporation revealed Tuesday.
The organization's chief financial officer, Rindala El-Hage, revealed the total at Canada Post's annual public meeting Tuesday.
In the third quarter, El-Hage said, the Crown corporation received $755 million in funding from the federal government, something she noted won't be an ongoing option. Just hours after Lightbound’s (federal infrastructure minister Joël Lightbound) announcement, CUPW announced an immediate nationwide strike, their second in just under a year. The strike was subsequently downgraded to a series of rotating regional strikes.
"The Government of Canada has made it clear that repeated bailouts through taxpayer funds are not a sustainable solution. Continued reliance on emergency funding is not viable," Canada Posts chief financial officer, Rindala El-Hage said.
Canada Post 'effectively insolvent' as CFO reports losses skyrocket to $1B through third quarter — Toronto Star
Amid a 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage revealed "unprecedented" operating numbers at the annual meeting.
Temu and AliExpress "free" shipping is bankrolled by Canadian taxpayers. Enough is enough.Canada Post has racked up more than $1 billion in operating losses so far this year, with $535 million of that loss coming in the third quarter alone, the Crown corporation revealed Tuesday.
The organization's chief financial officer, Rindala El-Hage, revealed the total at Canada Post's annual public meeting Tuesday.
In the third quarter, El-Hage said, the Crown corporation received $755 million in funding from the federal government, something she noted won't be an ongoing option. Just hours after Lightbound’s (federal infrastructure minister Joël Lightbound) announcement, CUPW announced an immediate nationwide strike, their second in just under a year. The strike was subsequently downgraded to a series of rotating regional strikes.
"The Government of Canada has made it clear that repeated bailouts through taxpayer funds are not a sustainable solution. Continued reliance on emergency funding is not viable," Canada Posts chief financial officer, Rindala El-Hage said.
Canada Post 'effectively insolvent' as CFO reports losses skyrocket to $1B through third quarter — Toronto Star
Amid a 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage revealed "unprecedented" operating numbers at the annual meeting.
Yup time to shutter that venerable institution . It will inconvenience people but we would adapt .
Canada Post likely raise cost of stamps in 2026: Report
Canada Post has pre-tax losses near $1-billion
Author of the article
ostmedia News
Published Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 1 minute read
Canada Post
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
It looks like the cost of mailing a letter is Canada is about to go up.
Canada Post says stamp rate hikes are likely in 2026 given the agency’s pre-tax losses approaching $1 billion to date this year, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.
Just in the last 18 months, the price of mailing a domestic letter has increased 35%, from 92¢ to $1.24.
“While the rate increase is helpful, rates are underpriced,” management wrote in a Third Quarter Financial Report.
The increases being contemplated next year are not specified.
Christmas is busiest season
Ahead of its busiest season with Christmas mailings, pre-tax losses at the post office totalled $989 million.
Losses for all of last year were $841 million.
“Canada Post is on track to post its eighth consecutive year of losses,” said the Financial Report.
“The 2025 losses are expected to be the most significant of any annual losses in Canada Post’s history. Significant financial pressure will persist through the remainder of 2025 from continued labour uncertainty and impacts from the national strike launched on September 25,” wrote management.
“In July, Canada Post repaid $500 million in maturing debt, intensifying the need for financial support from its sole shareholder, the Government of Canada, to preserve solvency.”
The report said the post office would be insolvent without a $1-billion line of credit approved by cabinet on Jan. 24, 2025.
“Had it not been for the government funding, the corporation would be effectively insolvent,” it said.
Management blamed losses on a long-term decline in letter mail revenue and the growth of private sector parcel couriers.
“Private sector competitors have almost completely taken over in Canada, especially in lucrative high-density urban and suburban areas,” wrote management.
“International and local courier companies offer easy to access, quick, inexpensive and reliable daily and overnight delivery services.”
torontosun.com
Canada Post has pre-tax losses near $1-billion
Author of the article
ostmedia NewsPublished Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 1 minute read
Canada Post
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
It looks like the cost of mailing a letter is Canada is about to go up.
Canada Post says stamp rate hikes are likely in 2026 given the agency’s pre-tax losses approaching $1 billion to date this year, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.
Just in the last 18 months, the price of mailing a domestic letter has increased 35%, from 92¢ to $1.24.
“While the rate increase is helpful, rates are underpriced,” management wrote in a Third Quarter Financial Report.
The increases being contemplated next year are not specified.
Christmas is busiest season
Ahead of its busiest season with Christmas mailings, pre-tax losses at the post office totalled $989 million.
Losses for all of last year were $841 million.
“Canada Post is on track to post its eighth consecutive year of losses,” said the Financial Report.
“The 2025 losses are expected to be the most significant of any annual losses in Canada Post’s history. Significant financial pressure will persist through the remainder of 2025 from continued labour uncertainty and impacts from the national strike launched on September 25,” wrote management.
“In July, Canada Post repaid $500 million in maturing debt, intensifying the need for financial support from its sole shareholder, the Government of Canada, to preserve solvency.”
The report said the post office would be insolvent without a $1-billion line of credit approved by cabinet on Jan. 24, 2025.
“Had it not been for the government funding, the corporation would be effectively insolvent,” it said.
Management blamed losses on a long-term decline in letter mail revenue and the growth of private sector parcel couriers.
“Private sector competitors have almost completely taken over in Canada, especially in lucrative high-density urban and suburban areas,” wrote management.
“International and local courier companies offer easy to access, quick, inexpensive and reliable daily and overnight delivery services.”
Canada Post likely raise cost of stamps in 2026: Report
It looks like the cost of mailing a letter is Canada is about to go up.
We need TEMU Tariffs. I love tariffs. TEMU tariffsss. Look at him he loves TEMU Tariffs isnt that right Jim. Oh and his wife Jen. Great ass on that Jen. She'll bend over for TEMU Tariffsss. I:ll make CanadaPost Great Again. Nobody can TEMU Tariffs better than I can.Canada Post likely raise cost of stamps in 2026: Report
Canada Post has pre-tax losses near $1-billion
Author of the article
Published Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 1 minute read
Canada Post
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
It looks like the cost of mailing a letter is Canada is about to go up.
Canada Post says stamp rate hikes are likely in 2026 given the agency’s pre-tax losses approaching $1 billion to date this year, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.
Just in the last 18 months, the price of mailing a domestic letter has increased 35%, from 92¢ to $1.24.
“While the rate increase is helpful, rates are underpriced,” management wrote in a Third Quarter Financial Report.
The increases being contemplated next year are not specified.
Christmas is busiest season
Ahead of its busiest season with Christmas mailings, pre-tax losses at the post office totalled $989 million.
Losses for all of last year were $841 million.
“Canada Post is on track to post its eighth consecutive year of losses,” said the Financial Report.
“The 2025 losses are expected to be the most significant of any annual losses in Canada Post’s history. Significant financial pressure will persist through the remainder of 2025 from continued labour uncertainty and impacts from the national strike launched on September 25,” wrote management.
“In July, Canada Post repaid $500 million in maturing debt, intensifying the need for financial support from its sole shareholder, the Government of Canada, to preserve solvency.”
The report said the post office would be insolvent without a $1-billion line of credit approved by cabinet on Jan. 24, 2025.
“Had it not been for the government funding, the corporation would be effectively insolvent,” it said.
Management blamed losses on a long-term decline in letter mail revenue and the growth of private sector parcel couriers.
“Private sector competitors have almost completely taken over in Canada, especially in lucrative high-density urban and suburban areas,” wrote management.
“International and local courier companies offer easy to access, quick, inexpensive and reliable daily and overnight delivery services.”
Canada Post likely raise cost of stamps in 2026: Report
It looks like the cost of mailing a letter is Canada is about to go up.
Vote for Pedro.
Mark Carney can't punt on Canada Post any longer
Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions in bailouts unless the government acts fast.
Author of the article:Jay Goldberg
Published Nov 27, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 3 minute read
Canada Post
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The losses are mounting. The bailout money is almost gone. And if Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t privatize Canada Post now, Canadian taxpayers will be up a creek.
For 10 long years, the federal Liberals refused to admit there was even a problem at Canada Post.
Finally, after billions of dollars of losses over the past five years, the government couldn’t pretend everything was hunky dory any longer.
Earlier this year, the Trudeau Liberals bailed out Canada Post to the tune of $1 billion, a tacit recognition that all was not well at the Crown corporation.
Just 10 months later, Canada Post now says it will have burned through all that cash by the end of the year.
Canada Post also says it lost more than half a billion dollars in the third quarter of this year, meaning losses for 2025 will amount to well north of $1.5 billion.
Canada Post itself admitted the situation is dire. In a release, it stated: “The company is facing the most severe and challenging financial situation in its history.”
No kidding.
And taxpayers will be on the hook for billions more in bailouts unless the government acts fast.
Thankfully, Carney’s government appears to see the situation at Canada Post as much more of a problem than the Justin Trudeau government did.
Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said earlier this fall that “Canada Post is now facing an existential crisis,” pointing out the Crown corporation has lost more than $5 billion since 2018.
Lightbound pitched solutions to try to stem some of Canada Post’s losses, foremost among them converting all Canadians to communal mailboxes, saving an estimated $400 million per year. Other ideas include sending more mail via ground shipping and closing some formerly rural post offices.
If Canada Post is losing more than $400 million per quarter, Lightbound’s ideas are nothing more than bandage solutions that will lessen the Crown corporation’s losses, but bring it nowhere close to solvency.
Canada Post’s current infrastructure and staffing were built to deliver 5.5 million letters a year. But in recent years, Canada Post has delivered less than half of that, to say nothing of further drops in 2025 in the wake of labour strife.
Small fixes and adjusting around the margins aren’t the answer.
To rescue taxpayers from billions of dollars of bailouts that are inevitable unless the government acts decisively, Carney needs to urgently look at privatizing Canada Post.
Countries all over Europe have gone the privatization route and haven’t looked back.
Deutsche Post in Germany is a great example. Often rated in studies as the world’s best postal service, the organization was privatized back in 1995. Studies consistently show it outperforms Canada Post and other government-run postal services. And, unlike Canada Post, Deutsche Post consistently posts healthy profits.
Privatization is a dirty word for many, but it shouldn’t be. Canada Post is being run into the ground as a Crown corporation and taxpayers are being taken along for the ride. Privatization would shield taxpayers from losses and offer a pathway back toward better quality of services for consumers. Ending the public monopoly means labour strife would never again grind to a halt the services that consumers and businesses rely on.
Canada Post cannot continue to go down the path it’s on without massive bailouts that taxpayers simply cannot afford. And the Carney government’s proposed solutions, while sensible, can’t fix a problem that’s grown so large that it cannot be remedied by sensible tinkering around the edges alone.
Anything short of full privatization will fail consumers and taxpayers. It’s time to embrace a path forward that means a higher quality of service and protection for taxpayers. It’s time to end Canada Post as we know it.
— Jay Goldberg is the Canadian affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center
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torontosun.com
Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions in bailouts unless the government acts fast.
Author of the article:Jay Goldberg
Published Nov 27, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 3 minute read
Canada Post
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The losses are mounting. The bailout money is almost gone. And if Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t privatize Canada Post now, Canadian taxpayers will be up a creek.
For 10 long years, the federal Liberals refused to admit there was even a problem at Canada Post.
Finally, after billions of dollars of losses over the past five years, the government couldn’t pretend everything was hunky dory any longer.
Earlier this year, the Trudeau Liberals bailed out Canada Post to the tune of $1 billion, a tacit recognition that all was not well at the Crown corporation.
Just 10 months later, Canada Post now says it will have burned through all that cash by the end of the year.
Canada Post also says it lost more than half a billion dollars in the third quarter of this year, meaning losses for 2025 will amount to well north of $1.5 billion.
Canada Post itself admitted the situation is dire. In a release, it stated: “The company is facing the most severe and challenging financial situation in its history.”
No kidding.
And taxpayers will be on the hook for billions more in bailouts unless the government acts fast.
Thankfully, Carney’s government appears to see the situation at Canada Post as much more of a problem than the Justin Trudeau government did.
Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said earlier this fall that “Canada Post is now facing an existential crisis,” pointing out the Crown corporation has lost more than $5 billion since 2018.
Lightbound pitched solutions to try to stem some of Canada Post’s losses, foremost among them converting all Canadians to communal mailboxes, saving an estimated $400 million per year. Other ideas include sending more mail via ground shipping and closing some formerly rural post offices.
If Canada Post is losing more than $400 million per quarter, Lightbound’s ideas are nothing more than bandage solutions that will lessen the Crown corporation’s losses, but bring it nowhere close to solvency.
Canada Post’s current infrastructure and staffing were built to deliver 5.5 million letters a year. But in recent years, Canada Post has delivered less than half of that, to say nothing of further drops in 2025 in the wake of labour strife.
Small fixes and adjusting around the margins aren’t the answer.
To rescue taxpayers from billions of dollars of bailouts that are inevitable unless the government acts decisively, Carney needs to urgently look at privatizing Canada Post.
Countries all over Europe have gone the privatization route and haven’t looked back.
Deutsche Post in Germany is a great example. Often rated in studies as the world’s best postal service, the organization was privatized back in 1995. Studies consistently show it outperforms Canada Post and other government-run postal services. And, unlike Canada Post, Deutsche Post consistently posts healthy profits.
Privatization is a dirty word for many, but it shouldn’t be. Canada Post is being run into the ground as a Crown corporation and taxpayers are being taken along for the ride. Privatization would shield taxpayers from losses and offer a pathway back toward better quality of services for consumers. Ending the public monopoly means labour strife would never again grind to a halt the services that consumers and businesses rely on.
Canada Post cannot continue to go down the path it’s on without massive bailouts that taxpayers simply cannot afford. And the Carney government’s proposed solutions, while sensible, can’t fix a problem that’s grown so large that it cannot be remedied by sensible tinkering around the edges alone.
Anything short of full privatization will fail consumers and taxpayers. It’s time to embrace a path forward that means a higher quality of service and protection for taxpayers. It’s time to end Canada Post as we know it.
— Jay Goldberg is the Canadian affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center
Canada Post reports unprecedented $541-million loss before tax in third quarter
OTTAWA – Canada Post’s financial situation continued to deteriorate in the third quarter of 2025 as the Corporation recorded a loss before tax of $541 million. It was the largest quarterly loss in the company’s history. Ongoing strike activity and uncertainty continued to drive customers to...
JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney can't punt on Canada Post any longer
The losses are mounting. The bailout money is almost gone. And if Mark Carney doesn’t privatize Canada Post, taxpayers will lose. Read more.