No More Home Mail Delivery? How About This...

Today, like most every other work day, I received a handful of junk mail in my mail slot, delivered by the post office.  Most of my bills and other correspondence now come through the internet.  Most cheques are automatically deposited to my bank, so I really don't have much true mail.

On top of my daily junk mail, every week, on Thursday we receive to our door a rather large bundle of advertising spam from grocery, electronic, and drug stores, fast food restaurants, duct cleaners and other "you can't live without this" sellers of stuff. 

Recently it was announced that Canada Post would be terminating all home delivery. Hmmm. Home delivery of the mail ending.  Isn't that what the post office is supposed to do? Deliver mail?

Undoubtedly this will bring a lot of hardship to the frail and elderly and prove to be an inconvenience to others like me, who live in the older homes that are affected by this cut-back. I'll probably end up going to the box only once or twice a week. For many years, owners of "newer" homes in subdivisions were cut off from home delivery in favour of communal mailboxes some distance from their homes. Maybe they thought the new home owners were more fit and able to make the daily trek. Doesn't sound fair does it?

We pay big taxes and a dollar for each stamp, so let's make the mail more like our garbage. Service to every home. Let's bring back home delivery to everybody, subdivisions and all.

The High Paid Help:
The average Canada Post letter carrier makes $50,000 per year. (over $4000/month) CLICK HERE to verify.  A $50,000 a year mailman who gets sick days and a taxi to and from his route shouldn't have to carry cheap flyers should he? No! He should carry mail and only mail.

The Low Paid Help:
The boy who slugs my Starmail ads every Thursday makes about $360 per year ($30 a month).  He probably lives nearby and has a large wagon to carry the weight of all this important media. His mom or dad is likely his "sick day" relief and he gets no ride.

The Remedy:
Get the government out of the ad distribution business. Let's let the Starmail boy handle all the junk mail and give him a handsome raise. If companies want their flyers delivered by Canada Post, stamps are $1. each, or $0.85 in a booklet just like everybody else pays. I doubt you'd see many ads if they were charged at the full rate. Now get rid of a bunch of the high paid letter carriers and just keep a few to deliver only the real mail to every house ONCE A WEEK like our garbage pickup.

Better yet, let the Starmail boy deliver everything, and hey, maybe he could also, for a little extra, read the gas meter while he's here.

Problem solved.
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