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I'm not arguing for or against daily delivery, I just don't think it's a good idea to have our mail service tied to a profit motive. If we, as a society, decided on once weekly mail I don't think it'd impact most Canadians... but we should make that decision independent of considerations around profitability.
Edit: on re-reading my comment I definitely agree I could have been more clear.
At first you were complaining that you were paying money for a service, and now you're complaining that you'd rather pay money for a service. If it's a government service, you'll have politicians trying to defund it just like they are with health care, or sell it off like Ontario did with Hydro One. If it's a government regulated private service, it doesn't have to deal with that, but it needs a way to fund itself. Pick your poison...
Public service along with us working to address neoliberal fud that is perpetually underfunding our critical services. Ask someone if they want to pay higher taxes - they'll say no... ask someone if they want better services - they'll say yes. Especially on the topic of healthcare and housing affordability this issue is really coming to a head and, as far as my conversations have gone, most Canadians don't mind paying more income for more social safety nets and services.
Yes, most Canadians don't mind paying for more services. Tell that to the politicians actively defunding health care while introducing private for-profit clinics that cost more than public health care both to the province and to the patient, just like Doug Ford is doing right now. Public services only work when we elect people willing to make them work. Remember this the next time you go to the polls.
(Un?)fortunately I live in a strongly NDP district so I always get to vote my conscious and approve of my mp's stances in general. So I can't threaten to vote for the NDP but I also get to enjoy not holding my nose to vote against a conservative.