Riveting journalism as usual, blogTO
Yes, making sending mail more expensive is the inevitable consequence of a price hike. Very good random headline writer.
And yet I can get stuff shipped to me free or nearly free from china while it costs me $25 to get the same size box half way across Canada.
That shipping isn’t free, dumbass. It’s subsidized to undercut non-chinese suppliers in a (successful) attempt to put them out of business.
Everything is an evil Chinese conspiracy to some people it’s genuinely hilarious, like the whole concept of investing in the manufacturing sector to provide an active economy for a developing nation and basic principles like economies of scale are all just sneaky commie lies and actually the global economy is just a chubby yellow man with narrow eyes twiddling his Manchu mustache and laughing evilly about how his plot to flood the world with cheap goods is going to put hardworking mom and pop American corporations out on the street, after only a few more decades of improving everyone’s lifestyle with affordable living.
China was considered a developing country with cheaper rates for a long time by the Universal Postal Union, an international agreement that sets the rates for postage. The agreement was renegotiated recently so maybe that will change.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/shipping-canada-china-1.6950967
This and the Chinese government subsidises their postal service.
Another example of the Chinese undercutting the true cost of products in order to destroy markets abroad, just like they are trying with EVs.
Or, hear me out, some services don’t have to be profitable, like sending put parcels and letters within a country, healthcare or public transportation. Essential services you know.
Instead of giving money to mega corpos for them to pocket it, we could pay for services that benefit the citizens, just like China is doing for postal services.
As opposed to the price hikes that make it cheaper?
I’m in the US, but I suspect mail is fairly the same across North 'Murica. (The government would handle super-remote locations still?)
The only mail I get are either bills or trash. Packages usually don’t ship via USPS. I rarely, if ever, send anything.
I wouldn’t cry at all if it cost me $5 to send a letter every two or three years.
Canada post is a lot more popular than what i hear about usps. I’d say most packages that aren’t Amazon (like 30% of amazon too) go through canpost, until now at least it’s usually the cheaper option, and at least in my area much less likely to damage a parcel. They also have more locations. In my town of 600k there is 1 FedEx package pickup with no transit options or bike lanes, but canpost is in every other drugstore.
