WHEREAS Canada Post is spending $2 billion on new plants, vehicles, equipment and other items to modernize our public post office.  

WHEREAS the corporation is expecting to save millions annually from modernization, largely through productivity gains that pave the way for Canada Post to eliminate thousands of jobs in communities all across the country.

WHEREAS Canada Post is also making cuts to service by closing post offices, eliminating rural home delivery, removing street letterboxes and other means.

WHEREAS the gains flowing from postal modernization could be used to preserve and improve public postal services and jobs.

BE IT RESOLVED: That (name of municipality or organization) agrees to sign the People’s Postal Declaration which calls on Canada Post 1) to share the benefits of postal modernization with the people who own Canada Post – the public, and 2) to pursue more socially responsible objectives as it transforms our post office for the future.

MAILING INFORMATION

Please send your resolution to:  Steven Fletcher, Minister of State for Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5.

Please send copies of your resolution to:

1. Denis Lemelin, President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 377 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1Y3

2. Your member of Parliament. You can get your MP’s name, phone number and address by calling 1-800 463-6868 (at no charge) or going to the Parliament of Canada website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

3. Berry Vrbanovic, President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 24 Clarence St, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5P3

For further information

Contact George Floresco 3^rd National Vice President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 377 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1Y3, (613) 236-7230 (extension 7909)