NEWSMAX / REUTERS: About 5.1 million urban households, a third of the total, get door-to-door mail delivery. Under a five-point plan unveiled on Wednesday, this will be phased out over the next five years and replaced by a system of community mail boxes.
“With the ongoing decline in letter mail, we delivered a billion fewer pieces of mail in 2012 than we did in 2006, we had to make changes,” spokesman Jon Hamilton said.
“(This plan) really provides Canada Post with a future based on serving needs that Canadians have rather than trying to put something together than doesn’t work.” … (more)
