Is the Rural Mail Safety Review a way to help Canada Post eliminate rural mailbox service and close rural post offices?
We are proud to be part of the way of life in rural Canada. This is a vital part of who and what we are at Canada Post. Today we remain the only company that serves all Canadians in their communities and this is not going to change. We value our extensive retail network and honour the Government of Canada’s moratorium on rural post office closures. Advertisers and even our rivals recognize this advantage – particularly in rural Canada – and it is valuable to us. Nobody can beat our ability to ship from business to consumer or direct marketing across rural Canada; our competitors, including UPS and FedEx, want our business but cannot replicate our network in rural Canada. In fact, they use us to reach their customers in rural Canada. We are putting our money where our business is – in the heart of rural Canada. Since 2007, we have invested close to $200 million in rural Canada to improve service, to upgrade safety and to fortify security of the mail system, in the communities where you
We are proud to be part of the way of life in rural Canada. This is a vital part of who and what we are at Canada Post. Today we remain the only company that serves all Canadians in their communities and this is not going to change. We value our extensive retail network and honour the Government of Canada’s moratorium on rural post office closures. Advertisers and even our rivals recognize this advantage – particularly in rural Canada – and it is valuable to us. Nobody can beat our ability to ship from business to consumer or direct marketing across rural Canada. We are putting our money where our business is – in the heart of rural Canada. Since 2007, we have invested more than $230 million in rural Canada to improve service, to upgrade safety and to fortify security of the mail system, in the communities where you live – and that we proudly serve. We believe this is the biggest and broadest investment any company has ever made in rural Canada. We have brought new, Internet-based serv
