Postal workers to host forum on coming service changes
Posted January 19, 2014 3:00 pm.
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SURREY (NEWS1130) – Are you angry about Canada Post’s decision to stop door-to-door mail delivery in the coming years?
Postal workers are inviting you to take your anger and concerns to a town hall meeting in Surrey this Tuesday.
They’re hoping if enough people say “no” Canada Post will reverse its controversial decision.
That decision will see the phase out of door-to-door delivery service to five million Canadians.
Stephen Gale, with the Fraser Valley branch of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, says the big question is where new community mail boxes will be located.
“Are they going to be putting them on someone’s front lawn? We don’t know where they are going to be putting them. The cities apparently don’t know, because there haven’t been any consultations. Several municipalities have already passed resolutions against this,” he notes.
For example, the City of Victoria passed a resolution on Thursday, to urge the Canadian Federation of Municipalities to approach Ottawa to direct Canada Post to maintain current service levels.
On Tuesday, the City of Vancouver will also be debating a report, which was drawn up to see what the city can do to mitigate the impact on its citizens.
Gale says the Crown corporation has to look at branching out into sectors such as banking.
“We are talking about providing services where they are lacking services in small towns where banks have closed down or where people are underserved by banks in urban centres. We know that this is a model that’s been proven around the world.”
Canada Post is also increasing the price of stamps. They’ll cost a dollar each, if bought individually, starting in April.
The public forum is on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Frank Hurt Secondary School Theatre on 77 Ave. in Surrey.
