Canada Post hasn’t been “expanded” at all, though. It’s been carved up and sold off over the last 10 to 15 years, thanks to the Harper government’s intervention in the way they are allowed to operate. Prior to 2010, CP was one of the most efficient and profitable institutions in Canada.
But thanks to the Harper government, they stopped providing the kinds of services that are now dominated by private companies, who all swooped in to fill the void created by those decisions to “cut operating costs”. Those jobs used to be all done by Canada Post. Now they’re all being done by FedEx etc.
This was a deliberate effort by the Harper government to starve Canad Post of revenue, in order to hasten the shift to a fully privatized delivery system. We’re just watching the final results of those decisions now.
Canada Post hasn’t been “expanded” at all, though. It’s been carved up and sold off over the last 10 to 15 years, thanks to the Harper government’s intervention in the way they are allowed to operate. Prior to 2010, CP was one of the most efficient and profitable institutions in Canada.
But thanks to the Harper government, they stopped providing the kinds of services that are now dominated by private companies, who all swooped in to fill the void created by those decisions to “cut operating costs”. Those jobs used to be all done by Canada Post. Now they’re all being done by FedEx etc.
This was a deliberate effort by the Harper government to starve Canad Post of revenue, in order to hasten the shift to a fully privatized delivery system. We’re just watching the final results of those decisions now.