I was talking to someone about this very same postal issue, and his example was DHL. "Privatization turned them around! They're now an international company!!!"
Why the fuck does canada post need to be competing internationally? Just deliver the mail and have a gov't presence in small towns to provide other services.
Just spend the money to service canadians... It doesnt have to be profitable nor an international competitor
Also, DHL sucks...
Had privatization ever worked out? Like, ever?
Yes. It works out really nicely for our oligarchs.
If it is a successful model, it would be our moral duty to fund it.
Maybe start with corporate handouts. Just a fraction of a few billions every year we give to oil and automakers could fill the funding gap.
And lets pretend that the government already runs 100% efficiently and there's no more fat to cut, then i would gladly pay more taxes to fix the opiod crisis.
That money spent has trickle down effects. Fewer crazy people on public transit, our parks would nicer, we could actually have public bathrooms opened all year round without fear of them being used as injection sites
Frame it as those benefits, and i'm sure most canadians would cough up an extra $20