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Alexandra said
"Canada Post should be privatized" Agree ..... sick of the continual strikes.

I wish liquor stores were privatized as well. So silly. The employees working at private liquor stores here in B.C. get paid less and do more. Basically two jobs at the liquor stores....stock shelves and be on the cash register. Oh well, as Dean says,
"That's my two pennies"  

Do we need that many liquor stores honestly? We are oversupplied in liquor stores. As private liquor stores apply for approval to sell their licenses or relocate, government should deny them. We have the ability to reduce private liquor store proliferation by license attrition.

ertyu said

That's one other thing I forgot to mention. I don't consistently get all notifications for all electronics documents, some are never delivered, some get missed once in a while. I need to set reminders to download documents and to make payments for those that aren't automated.  

That is not a problem with digital documents. That is a problem with the lack of bank regulation. Government can, and should, bring in more consumer-friendly banking sector regulations. Problem solved.

FWIW, as a bank shareholder, I'm crying out for more regulation of banks in which I hold shares, as, although there's a cost, in the long-term, it creates a much healthier banking system.

I don't have to get on board, if I get the option of free paper statements that's what I choose.

AltaRed: I have to remember to check my E-mail to get those online statements and notifications. And when my ISP is down, or gone, or mailbox full, I don't get them. E-mail is unreliable and unpredictable. MUCH more so than Canada Post service. (I don't have a smartphone)

Mordko: Just about all government services are paid for by many taxpayers for the benefit of a few. Same with insurance, or any widely-needed service.

Doug: That's what Canada Post was before the creation of Canada Post Corporation and it was widely reported as "privatization," as with all crown corporations.

employees working at private liquor stores here in B.C. get paid less and do more.

Is that a good thing for our society? More income inequality?

RetirEd said
AltaRed: I have to remember to check my E-mail to get those online statements and notifications. And when my ISP is down, or gone, or mailbox full, I don't get them. E-mail is unreliable and unpredictable. MUCH more so than Canada Post service. (I don't have a smartphone)

We use Cogeco Internet. 2 hours/year without Internet would be a stretch here.

We use Gmail. It's never skip a beat in years for us. We're not very disciplined at maintaining those Gmail mailboxes yet we're at 25% capacity.

mordko said

Yes, the assertion that email is less reliable than Canada Post is counter factual. It's impressive that anyone is talking about CPs reliability when national strikes are being replaced by rotating strikes, usually for holiday season; let alone ignoring routine delivery problems when CP is supposed to be working.  

It demonstrates the extent of irrational denial that will likely continue until the last gasping breath.

However, reliable internet is not yet available to every corner of Canada so there will need to be what I'd call 'hard copy' service until reliable internet occurs in a cost effective way (Starlink and others like Rogers Satellite not being cost effective yet).

RetirEd said

employees working at private liquor stores here in B.C. get paid less and do more.

Is that a good thing for our society? More income inequality?  

Yes, it is a good thing to improve productivity. The very definition of productivity is to do more with the same level of resources.

Coming to a neighbourhood near you.

Self- serve liquor stores. All you need is a vending machine and a scanner to verify age.

Proving age is not a problem because kids will give an over 20 year old hobo/bum a couple of bucks to go in the liquor store to buy the Crown Royal.

HermanH:

RetirEd said
employees working at private liquor stores here in B.C. get paid less and do more.
Is that a good thing for our society? More income inequality?

Yes, it is a good thing to improve productivity. The very definition of productivity is to do more with the same level of resources.

Those employees are being asked to do more without any benefit from the improved productivity. Their work lives are dominated by fear of losing the job.

pwm said
Those employees are being asked to do more without any benefit from the improved productivity. Their work lives are dominated by fear of losing the job.

RetirEd: So what? How is that any different than any working person? That's how I felt during my whole career.  

Increased productivity would mean increased GDP which would help keep our fiscal deficit lower than it might otherwise be, pay for our health and education, infrastructure and any number of other services such as OAS. Productivity is the very essence of GDP per capita.

What we really need is employers and employees alike to work towards more automation, innovation, and skill upgrades in our workforce. Why do we still stick build houses? Why do we have letter carriers walking envelopes door to door? Why do some municipalities still have conventional garbage pickup (bins hoisted by people into trucks instead of automated loaders)? There are millions of unskilled jobs that should not exist, and instead require people to have a productive skill to get a pay cheque.