Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

source: Canwest News Service, Tuesday, September 02, 2008

OTTAWA - As the federal government launches into a strategic review of Canada Post, a new poll shows 69 per cent of Canadians oppose allowing private companies to deliver letters in Canada.

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The Ipsos Reid poll, commissioned by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, showed 46 per cent of respondents strongly oppose and 23 per cent somewhat oppose private company letter delivery.

At the other end of the spectrum, nine per cent strongly support and 18 per cent somewhat support private-sector competition to the Crown corporation.

“The public is overwhelmingly against postal deregulation and supports a strong universal public postal system,” said Denis Lemelin, the union’s national president.

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