Close Canada Post
Canada Post has become obsolete.  Many Canadians are opting for more efficient ways of communicating with each other than using a slow boat to China.

(Mail volumes are rising every year.  Studies have shown that a huge majority of people choose hard copy billing as opposed to electronic every time they are given a choice.  Anyone who has worked for Canada Post in Vancouver knows that there is a large volume of mail that comes over on a slow boat from China because the written letter is still No.1 in many parts of the world.)

In a second, one can send an e-mail all over the world.

(Yes but you still find the need to line up at your local postal outlet...  Why?)

There are several ways of sending parcels quicker than Canada Post.

(If you are after "quickness" then you will usually end up paying for it.  Canada Post Express Parcel service has emerged as the darling of the online buying and selling community.  People buying from South of the border choose the Post to avoid inflated customs brokerage fees charged by private sector companies amongst other reasons.)

Have you been to your nearest Canada Post recently?

(I work there so of course I have.  Have you?)

Well, bring yourself a good book or an iPod, because you can be in line for 30 minutes or more.

(Why would you wait in line for 30 minutes when the Canada Post is obsolete and you have so many better options?)

Then when you talk to a teller, the first thing he or she asks you is if you know that the price of a stamp will be going up again next month.

(Increased "again"?  You mean more than once a year?  Are you sure you're not exaggerating just a little bit?)

What's new?  It has been going up practically every month for the last two years.

(Why settle for exaggerating just a little bit when you can get your picture in the dictionary beside the word!)

Let's close Canada Post and use the buildings for our homeless.

("Let's"?  "Let us"?  Who is "us"?  The millions of happy customers that are sending more and more mail every year?  The 50+ thousand employees?  Or are you referring to the few small minded, bitter, jealous, anti-union brainwashed people who seem to jump on the soapbox whenever a union gets gang banged by the press.  Oh, and by the way, those buildings?, the ones vacated by Canada Post after "us" privatizes it?, they will come in handy to house the newly unemployed postal workers that spent years taking pride in their job delivering a service that is not only part of the social fabric of this country but returns a profit to the Governmemt.)

Al Goguen, Victoria

(Thanks Al.  The funny thing is that if your postie is like 99.9% of the posties across this nation, he/she will deliver your mail with a smile in spite of your letter.)