Canada Post looking to restructure

SASKATOON – The maple leaf, hockey and Canada Post are just a few things that are indicative of Canada and it’s culture. Losing one of those just wouldn’t feel right. That’s why despite a decline in recent years, Canada Post is looking to restructure the way it does business.

For 250 years Canada Post has been operating in Canada. It started out delivering parcels and packages with a little bit of mail and those days could soon be upon us once again.

“We have over 130 million pieces of mail decline this year compared to the first quarter last year and if you think, that’s over 60 business days, that’s 2 million pieces a day reduced this year over last year,” said Doug Jones, Canada Post senior vice-president delivery and customer experience.

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Canada Post has seen a decline in mail since 2006. If it doesn’t restructure it’s business plan soon, Jones says they could lose close to a billion dollars annually by 2020. As part of an initiative to get ideas and feedback on options, Jones met with community members today in Saskatoon to get their thoughts.

“I think it speaks highly of Canada Post as an organization, I think the fact that they’re reaching out to the communities to the businesses and also to residents as well to determine their needs and to hear their thoughts speaks very highly of them,” said Andrew Turnbull, general manage of the Delta Bessborough.

Around half of the corporation is set to retire in the next 10 years, that’s why it’s looking at options now.

A number of options have been discussed to stay profitable, with the big one being community boxes. Two-thirds of Canadians already use them, with the other third receiving door to door delivery which costs twice as much.

While Canada Post is talking to community members all over the country, it is encouraging people to give their take and share their thoughts on canadapost.ca to help shape it’s path going forward.