Privatization and closure again threaten Canada's rural post offices

Canada Post has placed several classes of rural outlets under "review" with a view to phasing them out through "attrition." However, the corporation refuses (in its usual secretive way) to say exactly what it means and to be frank with rural Canadians about its plans for their communities.

The concern is real. The CPAA has crunched numbers across the country and identified 750 offices that are threatened as a result of the ongoing review (See full list below).

Depressingly familiar fight

It's a depressing list to read and a depressing turn of events for anyone who cares about rural life and the role that small post offices have played in the history and ongoing daily life of rural Canadians.

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) supports the CPAA and other groups being called upon once again to fight for rural postal survival.

"In a very real sense, these small and far-flung communities hold Canada together and make our country great," says NUPGE president James Clancy. "Keeping rural post offices open is essential to our well-being as a nation."

Rural post offices remain the heart of thousands of small communities. They continue to function as vital meeting, resource and information centres, even with the rise of the internet and the advent of instant global communications.

They also give the federal government a tangible presence in the remotest corners of Canada. Yet even the Liberals, who like to portray themselves as synonymous with national unity, seem to be losing their zest for rural communities and falling prey to the corporate call of privatization.

The Mulroneyites

The Mulroneyites were the first Canadian politicians to experiment seriously with the notion that representatives elected by the people could sell off public property at firesale rates to private corporations and get away with it. The trick was to bamboozle voters by promising a bottom-line bonus of greater "efficiency" through "private" management.

It didn't matter that the promise was almost always hollow, costing taxpayers far more in the long run than any savings up front. They were often able to pull it off, and Canada Post was one of the first laboratories where damaging national privatization experiments were carried out.

One notorious example was the Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa, a palatial tower built at enormous expense by the Mulroneyites for postal executives at the very time they were telling rural communities no money was available to keep their postal outlets open.

Such was Conservative arrogance that Canada Post signed a 99-year private sector lease on the complex — a deal that, had it stood, would have forced the public to pay the full cost of the project many times over through nearly a century of lease payments.

The contract was so outrageous that the Liberals quietly renegotiated it (again at who knows how much expense) when they replaced the Tories in office.

Deadly duo: Andre and Lander

The original drive to dump rural post offices was led by Harvie Andre, a union-hating Alberta MP who served as Mulroney's postmaster-general, and Donald Lander, a pliant former auto executive who, as Canada Post president, was only too happy to do the Tories' corporate bidding.

The Mulroney vision for rural post offices was to pull down the Canadian flag, sell off the buildings and convert outlets to minimum-wage stamp counters run by local merchants at country stores, gas stations and grain elevators.

That Andre and Lander managed to close 1,500 outlets before the Tories were scorched to an historic low of two seats in the 1993 election was a testament to their conceit in the face of mass opposition. So despised were the Tories when they left office that a post-election lapel button lamented, "Two seats is too many."

While in office, Andre and Lander also provoked a series of brutally expensive strikes for no better reason than to show how "tough" they could be with postal unions. The strikes could easily have been avoided and settlements negotiated at far less cost, with the savings used to keep rural post offices open. But the Tories wanted a showdown and they got it.

Andre and Lander spent like drunken sailors on a pointless war with postal workers. Countless millions were wasted hiring hapless scabs, who failed to deliver the mail, and contracting private security outfits to harass legal strikers.

Ideology and servility

In retrospect, given Andre's ideology and Lander's servility, it's a tribute to the tenacious fight waged by rural Canadians (and their supporters, especially Rural Dignity of Canada) that only 1,500 offices were closed.

In one much-publicized incident, protestors ringed Canada Post's shiny new Taj Mahal in Ottawa with what was billed as the longest protest banner in the world — a ribbon inscribed with the names of rural postal outlets across the country. It stretched for blocks.

In another, demonstrators converged at Rideau Hall in Ottawa to protest one of the final and most obscene gestures by the Tories to rural Canadians — the appointment of Donald Lander to the Order of Canada.

It was the first protest of its kind ever staged at the Governor General's residence, one that prompted the great Lander (who had a reputation for throwing ashtrays in fits of temper) to sneak ignominiously into Rideau Hall for the black-tie ceremony where he collected his tainted award.

Rural postal closures were a major issue in the 1993 election campaign. The Liberal moratorium was imposed the following year. After that, the Chretien government authorized a wholesale review of Canada Post's mandate.

The 1996 review

The review produced a significant report in 1996 that contained a wide-ranging series of proposals covering all aspects of postal service, including the role of rural post offices. Among the recommendations it made were the following:

Cracks in the Liberal moratorium did not begin to appear seriously until the third term of the Chretien government.

One notable example was a letter sent by then Canada Post president Andre Ouellet (since fired) to the CPAA in December 2002. The tone was telling, signalling that change was in the wind.

"Many of our rural post offices do not generate sufficient revenues to be self-sustaining," Ouellet warned. "There are limits to the funds we can provide to maintain small rural offices."

His letter sent such a chill through rural Canada that John Manley, then the minister in charge of crown corporations, was prompted to reassure the House of Commons that the moratorium had not been lifted and was still in effect.

However, the will to enforce it has clearly been ebbing. Instead of defending rural post offices, Canada Post now puts out statements saying it has no plans to "massively close post offices" — language that could mean almost anything and sounds a lot like the Tories of old.

New CPAA campaign

The CPAA has now embarked on a new national campaign to save rural post offices.

"Postal service for all Canadians is a right not a privilege," says CPAA president Leslie Schous. "Over 600 rural communities in Canada have no counter postal service. Rural Canadians deserve better."

Information kits and petitions are being distributed across the country by the CPAA. Rural newspapers are being contacted. MPs and legislature members are being lobbied and local councils are being contacted to join the fight once again.

One of the most effective documents the CPAA has compiled is the list of 750 "Groups 1, 2 & 3" post offices that Canada Post has acknowledged are under review and may be subject to closure.

There were predictable howls of denial from the corporation's army of public relations officers (Canada Post has never skimped on corporate propaganda) when the CPAA list was released. But if the past is any guide, the denials are suspect.

The only brake that has ever slowed Canada Post, since it became a Crown corporation in 1981, is political pressure. Only when the heat gets great enough do the politicians finally rein the corporation in — which is why rural Canadians are again fighting to save their post offices. NUPGE

Rural offices under review for potential closure by Canada Post
Alberta
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British Columbia
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Manitoba
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New Brunswick
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Nova Scotia
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Northwest Territories
TULITA, NT X0E 0K0
Ontario
ANNAN, ON N0H 1B0 ARDOCH, ON K0H 1C0 ARNSTEIN, ON P0H 1A0 BALLINAFAD, ON N0B 1H0 BARWICK, ON P0W 1A0 BERKELEY, ON N0H 1C0 BISCOTASING, ON P0M 1C0 BOGNOR, ON N0H 1E0 BOLSOVER, ON K0M 1B0 BORNHOLM, ON N0K 1A0 BOULTER, ON K0L 1G0 BURNT RIVER, ON K0M 1C0 BYNG INLET, ON P0G 1B0 CAESAREA, ON L0B 1E0 CATHCART, ON N0E 1B0 CEDAR POINT, ON L0K 1C0 CLAYTON, ON K0A 1P0 CLEAR CREEK, ON N0E 1C0 COLLINS, ON P0V 1M0 COMANDA, ON P0H 1J0 CONNAUGHT, ON P0N 1A0 CORMAC, ON K0J 1M0 CROTON, ON N0P 1K0 CURVE LAKE, ON K0L 1R0 DEUX RIVIERES, ON K0J 1R0 DOURO, ON K0L 1S0 DUNVEGAN, ON K0C 1J0 EABAMET LAKE, ON P0T 1L0 EAGLE LAKE, ON K0M 1M0 EGBERT, ON L0L 1N0 EGMONDVILLE, ON N0K 1G0 GOLDEN VALLEY, ON P0H 1N0 GOWGANDA, ON P0J 1J0 GULL BAY, ON P0T 1P0 HALLEBOURG, ON P0L 1L0 HIGHLAND GROVE, ON K0L 2A0 HOLYROOD, ON N0G 2B0 KASHABOWIE, ON P0T 1Y0 KENMORE, ON K0A 2G0 LAKEHURST, ON K0L 2J0 LONGBOW LAKE, ON P0X 1H0 LONGFORD MILLS, ON L0K 1L0 MABERLY, ON K0H 2B0 MACDIARMID, ON P0T 2B0 MADSEN, ON P0V 2C0 MAR, ON N0H 1X0 MARTEN RIVER, ON P0H 1T0	MILFORD BAY, ON P0B 1E0 MILLER LAKE, ON N0H 1Z0 MINETT, ON P0B 1G0 MINNITAKI, ON P0V 2E0 MONTEITH, ON P0K 1P0 MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR, ON P0S 1H0 MOONSTONE, ON L0K 1N0 PASS LAKE, ON P0T 2M0 PAWITIK, ON P0X 1L0 PERRAULT FALLS, ON P0V 2K0 PICKEREL, ON P0G 1J0 POOLE, ON N0K 1S0 PORQUIS JUNCTION, ON P0N 1E0 RAITH, ON P0T 2N0 RAVENNA, ON N0H 2E0 REABORO, ON K0L 2X0 REDDITT, ON P0X 1M0 RESTOULE, ON P0H 2R0 ROSTOCK, ON N0K 1T0 ROUND LAKE CENTRE, ON K0J 2J0 SANDFORD, ON L0C 1E0 SHEBANDOWAN, ON P0T 2T0 SHEFFIELD, ON L0R 1Z0 SILVER WATER, ON P0P 1Y0 SOUTH BAYMOUTH, ON P0P 1Z0 SPRINGFORD, ON N0J 1X0 STELLA, ON K0H 2S0 STOKES BAY, ON N0H 2M0 STRICKLAND, ON P0L 2C0 SULTAN, ON P0M 2Z0 SUMMER BEAVER, ON P0T 3B0 THORNE, ON P0H 2J0 TICHBORNE, ON K0H 2V0 TOLEDO, ON K0E 1Y0 VAL COTE, ON P0L 2E0 WALDHOF, ON P0V 2X0 WEST GUILFORD, ON K0M 2S0 WINCHESTER SPRINGS, ON K0C 2L0 WINDERMERE, ON P0B 1P0 WITHDRAWN EMPLOYEES, ON K1A 0B1 WITHDRAWN EMPLOYEES, ON K1A 0B1 WITHDRAWN EMPLOYEES, ON K1A 0B1 WOODHAM, ON N0K 2A0 WOODVIEW, ON K0L 3E0 WORTHINGTON, ON P0M 3H0 WYEBRIDGE, ON L0K 2E0 YOUNGS POINT, ON K0L 3G0
Prince Edward Island
BONSHAW, PE C0A 1C0	RICHMOND, PE C0B 1Y0
Quebec
ALBERTVILLE, QC G0J 1A0 BAIE JOHAN BEETZ, QC G0G 1B0 CALIXA LAVALLEE, QC J0L 1A0 CAP AU RENARD, QC G0E 1C0 CHAZEL, QC J0Z 1N0 CLERICY, QC J0Z 1P0 CLERVAL, QC J0Z 1R0 CLOUTIER, QC J0Z 1S0 CLOVA, QC G0X 3M0 COLOMBOURG, QC J0Z 1T0 DAVIDSON, QC J0X 1R0 DESMARAISVILLE, QC J0Y 1H0 DESMELOIZES, QC J0Z 1V0 DIJON, QC G0R 1L0 DUCLOS, QC J0X 1S0 DUHAMEL, QC J0V 1G0 EAST HEREFORD, QC J0B 1S0 FULFORD, QC J0E 1S0 GRANDES PILES, QC G0X 1H0 ILE MICHON, QC G0G 1R0 ILE PERROT SUD, QC J0P 1K0 ISLE AUX GRUES, QC G0R 1P0 ISSOUDUN, QC G0S 1L0 KATEVALE, QC J0B 1W0 KEGASKA, QC G0G 1S0 KIAMIKA, QC J0W 1G0 LA DECHARGE, QC G0V 1G0 LA POCATIERE STATION, QC G0R 2A0 LA TRINITE DES MONTS, QC G0K 1B0 LA VISITATION, QC J0G 1C0 LAC CAYAMANT, QC J0X 1Y0 LAC DES ILES, QC J0W 1J0 LAC DES LOUPS, QC J0X 3K0 LAC DES PLAGES, QC J0T 1K0 LAC SAGUAY, QC J0W 1L0 LAC SERGENT, QC G0A 2J0 LAC ST PAUL, QC J0W 1K0 LADYSMITH, QC J0X 2A0 LAFORCE, QC J0Z 2J0 LAKEFIELD, QC J0V 1K0 L'ALVERNE, QC G0C 1X0 LAMORANDIERE, QC J0Y 1S0 LANTIER, QC J0T 1V0 L'ASCENSION DE PATAPEDIA, QC G0J 1R0 LEMIEUX, QC G0X 1S0 L'ISLE VERTE OUEST, QC G0L 1L0 LOURDES, QC G0S 1T0 MANCEBOURG, QC J0Z 2T0 MANCHE D'EPEE, QC G0E 1R0 MANOUANE, QC J0K 1M0 MCWATTERS, QC J9X 5B7 MIDDLE BAY, QC G0G 1Z0 MILAN, QC G0Y 1E0 MIQUELON, QC J0Y 2B0 MIRABEL SUCC SAINTE MONIQU, QC J7J 2A0 MONTAUBAN LES MINES, QC G0X 1X0 MUTTON BAY, QC G0G 2C0 ODANAK, QC J0G 1H0 OLD FORT BAY, QC G0G 2G0 PIOPOLIS, QC G0Y 1H0 PORTAGE DU FORT, QC J0X 2T0 RIVIERE A CLAUDE, QC G0E 1Z0 RIVIERE HEVA, QC J0Y 2H0	RIVIERE MATAWIN, QC G0X 2C0 ROLLET, QC J0Z 3J0 RUISSEAU A REBOURS, QC G0E 2C0 SAINT BERNARD DE MICHAUDVI, QC J0H 1C0 SIXTEEN ISLAND LAKE, QC J0T 2M0 SOUTH BOLTON, QC J0E 2H0 ST ADRIEN D'IRLANDE, QC G0N 1M0 ST ALEXANDRE DES LACS, QC G0J 2C0 ST ALFRED, QC G0M 1L0 ST BASILE STATION, QC G0A 3H0 ST BRUNO DE KAMOURASKA, QC G0L 2M0 ST CHARLES GARNIER, QC G0K 1K0 ST CLAUDE, QC J0B 2N0 ST CLEOPHAS DE BRANDON, QC J0K 2A0 ST CLEOPHAS, QC G0J 3N0 ST DAMASE DE MATAPEDIA, QC G0J 2J0 ST DOMINIQUE DU ROSAIRE, QC J0Y 2K0 ST EMILE DE SUFFOLK, QC J0V 1Y0 ST ETIENNE DE BOLTON, QC J0E 2E0 ST FORTUNAT, QC G0P 1G0 ST FRANCOIS XAVIER DE VIGE, QC G0L 3C0 ST GEORGE DE WINDSOR, QC J0A 1J0 ST GILBERT, QC G0A 3T0 ST GUY, QC G0K 1W0 ST HERMENEGILDE, QC J0B 2W0 ST JEAN DE CHERBOURG, QC G0J 2R0 ST JEAN DE LA LANDE DE BEA, QC G0M 1E0 ST JEAN DES PILES, QC G0X 2V0 ST JOGUES, QC G0C 2Y0 ST JOSEPH DE LA RIVE, QC G0A 3Y0 ST LUCIEN, QC J0C 1N0 ST MARCEL DE L'ISLET, QC G0R 3R0 ST NAZAIRE DE BUCKLAND, QC G0R 3T0 ST PHILIBERT, QC G0M 1X0 ST PIE DE GUIRE, QC J0G 1R0 ST PIERRE DE LAMY, QC G0L 4B0 ST REGIS, QC H0M 1A0 ST REMI DE TINGWICK, QC J0A 1K0 ST THARCISIUS, QC G0J 3G0 ST THURIBE, QC G0A 4H0 ST VITAL DE CLERMONT, QC J0Z 3M0 STE AGNES DE DUNDEE, QC J0S 1L0 STE EDWIDGE, QC J0B 2R0 STE FAMILLE D'AUMOND, QC J0W 1W0 STE FRANCOISE DE LOTBINIER, QC G0S 2N0 STE FRANCOISE, QC G0L 3B0 STE GERTRUDE DE VILLENEUVE, QC J0Y 2L0 STE IRENE DE MATAPEDIA, QC G0J 2P0 STE JEANNE D'ARC DE MATANE, QC G0J 2T0 STE LUCIE DE DONCASTER, QC J0T 2J0 STE MARGUERITE MARIE, QC G0J 2Y0 STE MARIE DE LAVAL, QC H0A 1E0 STE MARTHE, QC J0P 1W0 STE PAULE, QC G0J 3C0 VENOSTA, QC J0X 3E0 VILLEBOIS, QC J0Z 3V0 VILLEROY, QC G0S 3K0 WASWANIPI, QC J0Y 3C0 WEIR, QC J0T 2V0
Saskatchewan
ALBERTVILLE, SK S0J 0A0 ARDATH, SK S0L 0B0 ARDILL, SK S0H 0A0 ARELEE, SK S0K 0H0 BANGOR, SK S0A 0E0 BANKEND, SK S0A 0G0 BARTHEL, SK S0M 0C0 BATEMAN, SK S0H 0E0 BEATTY, SK S0J 0C0 BEAUBIER, SK S0C 0H0 BELLEGARDE, SK S0C 0J0 BENSON, SK S0C 0L0 BIG BEAVER, SK S0H 0G0 BRACKEN, SK S0N 0G0 BRIGHT SAND, SK S0M 0H0 BRODERICK, SK S0H 0L0 BROMHEAD, SK S0C 0N0 CACTUS LAKE, SK S0L 0J0 CANDLE LAKE, SK S0J 3E0 CANOE NARROWS, SK S0M 0K0 CARDROSS, SK S0H 0P0 CARLTON, SK S0K 0W0 CARRAGANA, SK S0E 0K0 CLAYDON, SK S0N 0M0 COLE BAY, SK S0M 0M0 COLGATE, SK S0C 0V0 CORNING, SK S0G 0T0 COURVAL, SK S0H 1A0 CRANE VALLEY, SK S0H 1B0 CROOKED RIVER, SK S0E 0R0 CRYSTAL SPRINGS, SK S0K 1A0 DAVIN, SK S0G 1B0 DELMAS, SK S0M 0P0 DENARE BEACH, SK S0P 0B0 DENHOLM, SK S0M 0R0 DUFF, SK S0A 0S0 FENWOOD, SK S0A 0Y0 FERLAND, SK S0H 1M0 FERTILE, SK S0C 0W0 FIFE LAKE, SK S0H 1N0 FLEMING, SK S0G 1R0 FLINTOFT, SK S0H 1R0 FOXFORD, SK S0J 0Y0 FROBISHER, SK S0C 0Y0 FULDA, SK S0K 1T0 GARRICK, SK S0J 0Z0 GIRVIN, SK S0G 1X0 GLENBAIN, SK S0N 0X0 GLENBUSH, SK S0M 0Z0 GLENSIDE, SK S0H 1T0 GLIDDEN, SK S0L 1H0 GOLDEN PRAIRIE, SK S0N 0Y0 GOULDTOWN, SK S0H 1W0 HAGEN, SK S0J 1B0 HALBRITE, SK S0C 1H0 HANDEL, SK S0K 1Y0 HARDY, SK S0C 1J0 HAZEL DELL, SK S0A 1G0 HEWARD, SK S0G 2G0 HOMEFIELD, SK S0A 1H0 HOOSIER, SK S0L 1M0 HUBBARD, SK S0A 1J0 INSINGER, SK S0A 1L0 JACKFISH LAKE, SK S0M 1E0 JEDBURGH, SK S0A 1R0 KELFIELD, SK S0K 2C0 KELSO, SK S0G 2M0 KILLALY, SK S0A 1X0 KRONAU, SK S0G 2T0 KYLEMORE, SK S0A 1Z0 LAJORD, SK S0G 2V0	LANCER, SK S0N 1G0 LIEBENTHAL, SK S0N 1L0 LOCKWOOD, SK S0K 2R0 LONE ROCK, SK S0M 1K0 LOVERNA, SK S0L 1Y0 MAIN CENTRE, SK S0H 2V0 MAKWA, SK S0M 1N0 MARQUIS, SK S0H 2X0 MAYVIEW, SK S0J 1S0 MAZENOD, SK S0H 2Y0 MCCORD, SK S0H 2T0 MCKAGUE, SK S0E 0Z0 MCMAHON, SK S0N 1M0 MCTAGGART, SK S0G 3G0 MELAVAL, SK S0H 2Z0 MENDHAM, SK S0N 1P0 MEYRONNE, SK S0H 3A0 MILDRED, SK S0J 1V0 MOZART, SK S0A 2S0 NEIDPATH, SK S0N 1S0 NETHERHILL, SK S0L 2M0 NORTHGATE, SK S0C 1V0 OSAGE, SK S0G 3T0 PAMBRUN, SK S0N 1W0 PARKBEG, SK S0H 3K0 PARKERVIEW, SK S0A 2Y0 PARRY, SK S0H 3L0 PATUANAK, SK S0M 2H0 PEEBLES, SK S0G 3V0 PLATO, SK S0L 2P0 PORTREEVE, SK S0N 2A0 PRAIRIE RIVER, SK S0E 1J0 PRAIRIE VIEW, SK S0H 3M0 RAMA, SK S0A 3H0 RAPID VIEW, SK S0M 2M0 REWARD, SK S0K 3N0 RICHARD, SK S0M 2P0 RICHARDSON, SK S0G 4G0 RICHARDSON, SK S0G 4G0 ROCKHAVEN, SK S0M 2R0 ROKEBY, SK S0A 3N0 RUDDELL, SK S0M 2S0 RUDDELL, SK S0M 2S0 RUTHILDA, SK S0K 3S0 SALVADOR, SK S0L 2W0 SCOTT, SK S0K 4A0 SENLAC, SK S0L 2Y0 SNOWDEN, SK S0J 2K0 SOMME, SK S0E 1N0 SOVEREIGN, SK S0L 3A0 ST ISIDORE DE BELLEVUE, SK S0K 3Y0 ST VICTOR, SK S0H 3T0 STALWART, SK S0G 4R0 STEELMAN, SK S0C 2J0 STONY BEACH, SK S0G 4S0 STONY RAPIDS, SK S0J 2R0 STRANRAER, SK S0L 3B0 TRUAX, SK S0H 4A0 TUFFNELL, SK S0A 4G0 URANIUM CITY, SK S0J 2W0 VAWN, SK S0M 2Z0 VERWOOD, SK S0H 4G0 VIDORA, SK S0N 2W0 WATERHEN LAKE, SK S0M 3B0 WEBB, SK S0N 2X0 WEIRDALE, SK S0J 2Z0 WEYAKWIN, SK S0J 1W0 WYMARK, SK S0N 2Y0 ZEALANDIA, SK S0L 3N0 ZEHNER, SK S0G 5K0
Yukon
BEAVER CREEK, YT Y0B 1A0 CARCROSS, YT Y0B 1B0	DESTRUCTION BAY, YT Y0B 1H0 TAGISH, YT Y0B 1T0
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