Canada Post says green light to end door-to-door deliveries can help with climb out of financial hole (www.cbc.ca)

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CUPW has announced an immediate strike, and postal workers are currently walking off the job.

The minister of public works, Joel Lightbound, has announced his intentions to implement all of the recommedations laid out in the Kaplan report, including permanently ending door-to-door delivery and the requirement to deliver mail 5 days a week.

Not sure how he expected labour to respond to 1/3 of the workforce being made redundant.

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[-] grte@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We don't live in a two party state, believe it or not.

"Oh, but only two parties had a chance of winning!"

Except in the previous two elections we gave the NDP enough power to hold the Liberals back from their worst tendencies to such an extent that people convinced themselves that the Liberals weren't financially regressive shitheads, so I really don't want to hear it.

[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

The NDP isn't even an option at the moment though, nor is the Green Party really. The NDP imploded and is now a mess. They can't even get their own internal stuff sorted out, let alone be cohesive enough to run a country at a moment like this.

Like it or not (and I don't really either for the record), for right now, it's a two party situation. We shall see what the future holds.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

The NDP isn’t even an option at the moment though

They were at the time of election. It was not a two party situation, that's just a lie people are telling themselves to soothe the foolish decision they allowed themselves to be tricked into making.

[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

When you consider that all of the other parties less than, seven percent of the total seats, this so-called lie becomes less of a lie and a bit more the reality of the situation.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Except, once again, the last two elections resulted in a strong enough NDP to stop the Liberal's worst instincts. To such an extent that people were able to lie to themselves that the good things that came from those governments were the products of the Liberals and not NDP pressure.

[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

So how did that situation end for the NDP then? I agree it was quite the unique situation, and it was kind of neat to see honestly. But how did that all end for the NDP?

Plot spoiler: not well.