Craig Scott - Canadian Union of Postal Workers

HOUSE OF COMMONS
CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES
CANADA
Craig Scott
Member of Parliament I Depute
Toronto-Danforth
November 4, 2013
Denis Lemelin
National President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON K2Pl Y3
Dear Mr. Lemelin,
The NDP stan ds with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in encouraging Canada Post to
consider the potential in expanding revenue generating services, such as postal banking.
Under the current Conservative government, Canada Post management is insisting on reducing
postal services rather than creating new services for Canadians. This means job cuts, cut-backs
to public services, less frequent mail delivery and replacing door-to-door delivery wi.th
community mailboxes in urban residential areas like ours.
We understand the challenges that Canada Post is facing with the need to keep up with the
reality of declining amounts of letters sent by mail in this new digital era, but broad cuts are not
the answer.
Following the report commissioned by Canada Post management and published in April 2013,
the New Democratic Party formally requested the Conservative government to commit to
maintaining the postal services many Canadians rely on. Until last year, Canada Post always
made profits, despite a significant reduction in mail.
TORONTO-DANFORTH
OTTAWA
741 Broadview Avenue
Suite 304
Toronto ON M4K 3Y3
Tel/Tel : (416) 405-8914
Fax/Telec: (416) 405-8918
House of Commons/
Ch ambre des communes
Ottawa ON K1A OA6
Tel/Tel : (613) 992-9381
Fax/Telec : (613) 992-9389
craig.scott@parl. gc.ca
www.craigscott.ndp .ea
My New Democrat colleagues and I believe that the government should find new ways of
offering better, more diverse services, and generate revenues through e-commerce or seek
inspiration from other countries that finance postal services by offering banking and financial
services, which are very profitable. Canada Post must work to find long-term so lutions to
ensure the viab ility of quality postal services.
In my riding of Toronto-Danforth, we have mailed every household to inform them of the
proposed cha nges and encouraged them to send a message to Canada Post that better
solutions exist, like adding banking services as a revenue generator in order to avoid some of
the proposed cun
Sincerely,
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Craig Scott, MP
Toronto-Danfo rth