Non-unionized private parcel delivery prove delivering door to door can be profitable, but it would mean layoffs from automating more of the processes, and a more flexible workforce that isn't paid so well that they can retire by age 50 like a millionaire with full pension.

No businesses that take themselves seriously are going to willingly choose to use a logistics, infrastructure, or banking service subject to regular labour disruptions.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why would a service needs to be profitable? Is garbage disposal turning a profit?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago

Canada Post should be like the armed forces, healthcare, or homeless shelters, a total financial loss in exchange for an essential service.

[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Canada Post pension maxes out at 35yrs, and you get hit with major deductions if you retire before 60 even with 30 years. Otherwise its 65 yrs for retirement. https://www.cpcpension.com/homepage/triage_glossary-e.asp#Pensionable-age

This is not dissimilar to any other DB pension.

The pension value is, again, similar to every other pension I've seen (AMAPCEO, OPS, etc). If someone can retire early and"like a millionaire" (which is a super outdated valuation), either their spouse has a good pension too, they made smart financial choices, or they got lucky with choices.

In comparison to every other modern country, our nationalized mail service does extremely well and is run **very **efficiently. Like top 1 or 2 in the world well. Source

We shouldn't be simping for multinational corps who manage to get away with rock bottom delivery pricing by underpaying staff and claiming "this is efficiency".

[–] Gruntled@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Let's not forget also that if you live in a remote location, and somebody sends a parcel to you via UPS or one of the other private carriers, Canada Post is the one who gets it to the door (or local post office, if it's a really small town).

It's not profitable to get out there, but Canada Post must. The other carriers get to take a profit while forcing CP to take the loss.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

Ban those private delivery companies. Problem solved.

[–] dotCody@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Non-unionized private parcel delivery prove

that they fucking suck. They dont know how to drive, park, secure their vehicle or even fucking safe drop.

Canada Post is the cheapest and most reliable in this nation for a reason. If you have a problem pickup the fucking phone and complain. Stop going onto Facebook to cry like a bitch.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This comments section doesn't feel like a safe place to have this discussion 😅

[–] Canuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That says more about the people here in this little filter bubble/echo chamber than anything else. Most replies you can see don't even have the maturity to enter good faith debate.

Like the LCBO, SAQ, Air Canada, Petro Canada or other previous/existing crown corps, they compete with private industry and generate revenue. They are required by the government to be renevue neutral.

Canada Post will continue to mint 55 year old retirees living like millionares requiring nothing more than a high school education into the 2040s, servicing their pension past the 2070s with no effort other than checking a box to have a fee thousand of their pretax pay used. There aren't jobs with compensation that good in private industry for that level of education. Yes private industry should have better compensation, but that's beside the point.

People either are being intentionally misleading to others, or if we give them the benefit of the doubt, are blissfully unaware of actual facts and aren't interested in being competently informed 🙈🙉🙊