canada post is legally required to deliver. canada post increases urban delivery costs to offset rural losses. couriers undercut canada post in urban areas, then hire canada post themselves to do last mile delivery to rural areas. canada post increasingly only gets junk mail and rural delivery contracts. canada post is expected to make a profit instead of being a government service. they don't have cashflow for raises, and the actual mail carriers make fuck all and don't get hours. managers are doing great though.
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