Canada Post platforms
Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.NDP
Green
- Reverse recent cuts to home postal delivery.
- Upgrade Canada Post to EVs.
- Establish "last mile" delivery using zero-emission vehicles in urban centres.
- Have mail carriers check on those with mobility issues or who live alone.
- Use post offices as resource centres & meeting spaces.
Reverse the most recent cuts to home postal delivery, a move promised by the Liberals but not delivered.
Upgrade the Canada Post fleet to electric vehicles.
Reduce pollution and congestion due to the explosion of package delivery from on-line shopping by establishing “last mile” delivery by Canada Post using zero-emission vehicles in urban centres.
Train mail carriers to check on people with mobility issues or who live alone, particularly during heat waves, storms and other emergencies.
Establish banking services and public high-speed internet access in post offices, particularly in under-serviced rural and remote communities without banks and libraries.
Where space is available, allow community meetings to be held in post offices.
Provide charging stations for electric vehicles in post office parking lots.
From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.