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Canada Post announces nearly 500K addresses to lose home delivery (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (8 children)

No, mobility impaired and elderly people should be able to continue getting their mail to their door.

This is a service that should be reliable and accessible for everyone. Cost savings aren't more valuable than that.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    People shouldn't be guaranteed home delivery because of their address.

    There should be community mailboxes as a standard and then if you have a mobility issue you apply for home delivery.

    At the moment there are many people who aren't impaired that get home delivery who don't really need it and cost tax payers more money. Those resources should be directed to those that need it on a case by case basis.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

    Why "should" other than cost?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    cost is a perfectly valid reason.

    yes, public services don't need to generate profits, but that doesn't mean it's reasonable for public services to squander public finances.

    home mail delivery for everyone adds very little extra value for a lot of extra cost.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Is it? Does reliable, secure ID delivery really have "little extra value"?

    If you don't value what you get out of mail, it doesn't mean it's not valuable.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Is it? Does reliable, secure ID delivery really have "little extra value"?

    Home mail delivery isn't secure ID though, and most mail doesn't require that in the first place. And when it is necessary it's still available.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    So why did I sign for my passport delivery?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    you would have signed if you had a community mail box just the same.

    maybe inform yourself before arguing a point you don't understand

    Also I addressed that very point in my previous comment, which you promptly proceeded to ignore

    And when it is necessary it's still available.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    Home delivery is quite a bit less secure than community mailboxes.

    Community mailboxes all have locked boxes with a designated key to access...

    There are very few household mailboxes that have anything to secure the mail. Either it's a box on the street or a box on your porch, or a slot in your front door maybe.

    The street boxes and porch boxes rarely have keys or locks. Anyone can take your mail.

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