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That's kind of a weird connection, like saying "why do we need a fire department, just so that the privileged portion of the population that bought a home before the 2000s can continue to not have their houses burn down".
Like, I get the anger, and yes we do have a housing crisis and the NDP has a policy about building non market housing to address it:
We can also reinvent Canada post to be much more than flyer deliveries:
It's not about the housing crisis. It's about new builds not having door to door.
Frankly I agree with them, community boxes make way more sense and other systems should exist for people with limited mobility that address the issue at large rather than this one thing.
What so you mean new builds?2/3 of Canada was not getting home delivery that is more then just new builds. Neighbourhood is from the 70s no delivery. Unless that isba new build.
More of inconsistency. I couldn't make a generalized statement to account for everything which is my fault for trying.
It's not really, regardless of your home ownership status the fire dept will come rescue you from any burning building you're in.
To be clear I fully support Canada Post as a federal public service, and want to see it's funding stabilized without the stupid "self-supporting corporation" thing.
But community mailboxes are an efficiency, while door delivery is an inefficient luxury for fewer and fewer people. It's a weird hill to stake a claim on as the NDP leader.
There's way better things to talk about regarding Canada Post, like all those issues you shared link regarding.
I misunderstood your comment then, I thought you were making a point against Canada Post.
The way I understand it (could be wrong), the point of defending door to door delivery is defending Canada Post from shriveling and defending it from the logic of profitability. It's not a rebalancing of its resources, it's just cutting.
At the same time, in cities like mine, in Montreal, that have the "missing middle", community boxes are not that practical. And if we were serious about infill development (plexes everywhere), most cities in Canada should be becoming more like Montreal.