Canada Post is preparing to convert an additional 485,000 homes across Canada from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes in 2027, as part of the Crown corporation’s attempt to modernize and return to financial self-sustainability.
Yes, it is more expensive to deliver an average letter or parcel in Canada than it is in Germany. Even for locations that are accessible by road, the average fuel cost is much higher. (We won’t even talk about what it takes to get a letter to, say, Iqaluit, or anywhere else that’s only accessible by air for part or all of the year.)
Raising the price of sending postal mail disproportionately affects people in remote areas who have no alternative, because courier services won’t go there. Many of those people are Indigenous, which opens a whole can of political worms. Most of them are also poor, making it difficult for them to afford the raised prices. Result: Lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.
Yes, it is more expensive to deliver an average letter or parcel in Canada than it is in Germany. Even for locations that are accessible by road, the average fuel cost is much higher. (We won’t even talk about what it takes to get a letter to, say, Iqaluit, or anywhere else that’s only accessible by air for part or all of the year.)
Raising the price of sending postal mail disproportionately affects people in remote areas who have no alternative, because courier services won’t go there. Many of those people are Indigenous, which opens a whole can of political worms. Most of them are also poor, making it difficult for them to afford the raised prices. Result: Lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.