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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.