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Inaccessible Postal Service Blockbuster!
Dec 11, 2013
Inaccessible Postal Service Blockbuster: Canada Post to phase out urban home mail deliverI
Following is an excerpt from the Ottawa CBC's coverage of this fast-breaking story
Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery
Up to 8,000 jobs will be cut, while cost of stamps is going up
Canada Post is phasing out door-to-door delivery of regular mail to urban residents and increasing the cost of stamps in a major move to try to reduce significant, regular losses.
The Crown corporation announced its plans in a news release Wednesday, saying urban home delivery will be phased out over the next five years.
Starting March 31, the cost of a stamp will increase to 85 cents each if bought in a pack, up from 63 cents. Individual stamps will cost a dollar.
Canada Post said that over the next five years, it will eliminate 6,000 to 8,000 positions, but it expects 15,000 workers will leave the company or retire within that period.
"With the increasing use of digital communication and the historic decline of letter mail volumes, Canada Post has begun to post significant financial losses," the corporation said in the release.
"If left unchecked, continued losses would soon jeopardize its financial self-sufficiency and become a significant burden on taxpayers and customers."
The first communities that will switch to community mailboxes will be announced in the second half of 2014, according to the release.