The Editor,
Scrooge is still alive in the name of Canada Post. As the aging baby-boomers get on the pension dole, the managers and executives are looking for ways to secure their pensions and benefits into the future.Crown Corporations (such as BC Ferries, BC Hydro, Canada Post and other "government" institutions, including provincial, municipal and federal) are looking at their personal bottom line and how to ensure they survive past their retirement.
These institutions are not concerned about the people and the notion that government work is to "serve the people" is prevalent in their maneuvers to secure their pensions by downsizing the workforce and increasing the prices of their services. These new measures taken by Canada Post are not about the future of Canada Post as they are about ensuring they can pay for the benefits and pensions of the retiring baby-boomer workforce. Asking $1 per stamp (purchased on an individual basis) and a 35 per cent increase in the cost of a book of stamps is surely nothing more than greed.
They say the internet and online banking services have caused their profits to diminish but the truth is, Canada Post is run by fuddy-duddies who have failed to keep up with the current technology and the changing of times. They are not competitive in today's world market and have miserably failed the public due to their lack of innovative thinking.
Perhaps an audit of Canada Post's top executive pay is due and the running of the Crown Corporation to see if the public dollar is really spent wisely and if in fact, a raise in stamps is truly needed? The paying public needs to backlash against government institutes that think they can repeatedly go back to the trough for more cash and fewer services. Does the rest of Canada agree?
Sandra Steffan, Langley