Those wishing to support rural post offices have the opportunity to let the minister responsible know their feelings.
This spring, the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) sent out over 624,000 flyers across Canada to ask community members to save their public post offices and say no to privatization.
Residents of Hussar have been supportive of the campaign and the flyers are available at the post office.
The flyer calls on the federal government to uphold the 1994 moratorium on post office closures. The government at the time announced the moratorium to protect about 4,000 post offices in small rural communities. In that time about 350 small post offices have closed.
The flyer available at the post offices urges the Minister of Public Service and Procurement Helena Jaczek to not privatize public post offices. It notes that Canada Post has been opening substandard privatized post offices, and these do not offer the full services of public offices.
“Over the years post offices have been a lifeline for Canadians in semi-urban, rural, indigenous communities and small business owners, who need reliable and immediate access to postal services.”
