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Letters delivered directly to your home could soon become a thing of the past.
On Thursday, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced that Canada Post’s door-to–door mail delivery will end for almost all Canadians within the next decade. The changes are part of an effort to make the struggling Crown corporation financially viable.
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The changes also include slowing down the frequency of mail delivery and shuttering some post offices.
Lightbound also said the federal government will accept every recommendation in the Industrial Inquiry Commission’s report on Canada Post, including the introduction of more community mailboxes.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Saskatoon resident Rhonda Kron, who added she doesn’t see a reason to receive daily mail service in her neighbourhood.
“It’ll save money for one thing, which is really what the whole purpose is,” Kron said.
She said Canada Post is “bleeding money right now and this could be more efficient measure for the Crown corporation.”
One Saskatoon resident was not as excited about the changes because she has had her mail delivered to her throughout her life.
“I realize we can’t carry on with something that’s in a deficit all the time, but at the same time, I was kind of excited about the fact that whatever was existing was going to be maintained,” she said.
“This makes me very sad to find this out.”
When one Saskatoon resident was determining what neighbourhood she wanted to live in, having home delivery was a deciding factor.
“Over the years, I’ve developed a relationship with my mail carrier, and that’s a very positive thing,” she said.
“I also am concerned about being a woman going to a postal box to get my mail,” she said. “I feel like that spot might be a bit of a target, and I hear about people having break-ins and losing packages.”
She said she would prefer to keep door-to-door service.
Read more:
- Canada Post workers walk off job in protest of sweeping changes
- Approval for Nordic-spa and hotel construction on city’s edge
- City of Warman advises caution after rabies-infected bat found in yard
— with files from The Canadian Press and 650 CKOM’s Marija Robinson
