However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.

We keep treating essential services like they need to make a profit.

Mail service to Edmonton seems a little redundant, but mail service to Tuk or even hay river may not feel so "extra".

I get why they spun it out to an arms-length thing (like the CBC, independent) but it's entirely vulnerable now to funding cuts when the likes of Milhouse get into power. It was a bad idea to close the books.