Should Canada Post make money? NDP’s new leader Avi Lewis doesn’t think so
NDP leader Avi Lewis is stirring debate after arguing Canada Post should be treated like an essential public service rather than a profit-driven corporation — just as the agency posts billions in losses and growing pressure over its future.
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@leftylabourtech There is a neoliberal adage that goes: "If a public sector entity can do it, the private sector can do it more efficiently and for a profit." Hence the selling off of so much of the public estate to corporations." This, of course is a lie.
Post is an essential public service. Sure private delivery operators can pedal their services, but the Post is a public service - just like the roads and rail and electricity and water and telephony and these days, the internet.
@DjityDjity I believe you are in Australia. Historically speaking the NDP in Canada was the rough equivalent of the ALP, although generally somewhat to the left of it.
And I understand the ALP has shifted into neo-liberalism in recent decades.
With the changes that happened this past weekend, the NDP has taken a great leap to the left, and I'm very pleased to see that.
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