Fact Sheets
November 18, 2010
What does privatizing a post office mean?
Privatization means selling a public post office to the private sector by selling shares to private investors. Once shares are sold to anyone (even employees), a post office is under pressure to make profits to satisfy investors. In other words, a privatized post office’s main goal is to make profits, not provide service to the public.
.
June 24, 2010
.
June 4, 2010
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, the federal Conservatives quietly announced a Canadian Postal Service Charter that outlines the government’s expectations for Canada Post in regard to service standards and other matters.
The Charter largely reiterates existing policy and includes an expectation that Canada Post will maintain “the moratorium on the closure of rural post offices.”
The Charter also acknowledges that providing postal services to rural areas is an integral part of universal postal service.
While it’s a good start, the Charter isn’t altogether reasonable.
.
June 19, 2008
The federal government is conducting a very quick and potentially damaging review of our public post
office called the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review. The government has given the review’s advisory
panel a very broad mandate. It has ruled out privatization, but not deregulation of...
.
June 19, 2008
The federal government is conducting a review of our post office. It wants individuals and groups to make
submissions to the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review by September 2, 2008. The Canadian Union of
Postal Workers will be making a submission that advances our vision of universal, public...
.
June 19, 2008
The federal government is conducting an inquiry called the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review. It
says it is conducting this review to make sure our public post office “has the right tools and means to
fulfill its mandate in the future'. It has even ruled out privatization. This sound...
.
June 19, 2008
The federal government is reviewing our post office for the first time in 12 years. It has asked an
advisory panel to conduct this inquiry, which it is calling the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review
(CPCSR). The panel has a very broad and scary mandate. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (...
.
January 7, 2008
CUPW has a vision of our post office. Our vision is a public post office providing quality
service to everyone no matter where they live and accountable to the public and Parliament.
Our vision is very different than the one Canada Post President Moya Greene is promoting to business and
medi...
.
September 6, 2007
The federal government is considering doing a review of Canada Post for the first time in 11
years. What would this mean for postal workers and service? CUPW has prepared a summary of previous reviews,
with a few highlights, to help people understand what we may face should the government decide...
.
July 16, 2007
The postal world has changed quite a bit since 1992 when Harvie Andre, the former minister responsible
for Canada Post, said, “If I had to bet, I would bet in the next couple of decades, you will see post offices
being privatized all over the world and I would not mind seeing Canada first.&...
.
February 16, 2007
Background on Canada Post's dispute with international remailers
Canada Post states that 'For the last 10 to 15 years, several companies, some of which are surrogates of
postal administrations abroad, have been collecting lettermail in Canada and bringing it to other countries
where it is pr...
.
Canada Post is reviewing its national network and has announced plans to close a mail processing plant in Quebec City as the very first step in its review. This fact sheet will explain what is happening to postal service and jobs in Quebec City and at post offices from coast to coast. Quebec C...
.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is conducting a campaign to combat closures, privatization and deregulation and push the federal government and Canada Post to maintain, expand and improve public postal service and jobs. Please stay informed by reading this fact sheet and other campaign ...
.
|
