CURRENT EVENTS

Canada Post is a Crown Corporation being sustained by tax dollars.

They sustained, "a loss before tax of $254 million in the second quarter of 2023."

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/corporate-news/news-release/2024-08-23-canada-post-reports-46-million-profit-before-tax-in-second-quarter-as-one-time-sale-of-subsidiaries-offset-269-million-loss-from-operations#:~:text=OTTAWA%20%E2%80%93%20Canada%20Post%20recorded%20a,from%20operations%20of%20%24269%20million.

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Do you mail parcels through Canada Post?

We don't any more.

The final item took two weeks to travel, registered, 580 km.

We now use UPS.

Concept

What if every Canadian paid $10.00 a month, flat rate, no add ons for all our mail delivered like Amazon?

First criticism is Amazon's alleged low wages.

Here is what Glass Door offers:

https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/amazon-delivery-driver-salary-SRCH_KO0,22.htm

Indeed says this is what Canada Post is paying its employees.

Salaries for Canada Post in British Columbia vary by position, with average hourly pay ranging from $17.51 to $23.30 and average annual pay ranging from $47,643 to $70,336: 

• Operations Associate: $17.51 per hour 

• Mail Carrier: $23.30 per hour, or $47,643 per year 

• Supervisor: $70,336 per year 

• Postal Clerk: $23.45 per hour, with a range of $14.00–$35.25 

• Office Assistant: $18.90 per hour 

• Posting Clerk: $22.68 per hour