Canada Post

 

This is the first mailman uniform

The first Vancouver door to door Canada Post mail delivery was on February 2, 1885.  Back in 2014, Stephen Harper discussed stopping door to door delivery to homes and making other changes.  There were also talks about privatization as he knew they could not continue their losses.  It was an election year and the Conservatives lost and the Liberals won.  The Liberals dropped the plan and look where we are now!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-postal-workers-protest-harper-1.3189229

It's horrible for people to lose their jobs, but you can't run a company into bankruptcy.  They need to change with the times.  Amazon contracted Canada Post to deliver their parcels up until a few years ago when they found using their own trucks and delivering 24/7 was a lot faster and cheaper than Canada Post.  However, Canada Post still takes all their returns and according to a postal employee they are losing money on every parcel.  

Let's hope they can reach a contract by Thursday so there is no postal strike.