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> Canada just needs a federal crown corporation to offer cell service. Canada Post Corporation exists, yet sending and receiving letters/parcels is expensive,

> Canada just needs a federal crown corporation to offer cell service. Canada Post Corporation exists, yet sending and receiving letters/parcels is expensive, slow, and often inconvenient throughout Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation exists, yet the Canadian news and media landscape is severely lacking in quality (and in my experience, CBC typically has the lowest-quality content). VIA Rail Canada Inc. exists, yet passenger rail travel is expensive, slow, inconvenient, and quite limited throughout Canada. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation exists, yet housing is incredibly expensive throughout Canada. Yet another federal Crown corporation isn't the answer.

arcticbull 3y ago
> Canada Post Corporation exists, yet sending and receiving letters/parcels is expensive, slow, and often inconvenient throughout Canada. Very inexpensive and accessible, and private alternatives exist. Canada Post actually does a great job all things considered. Do you really think you can get a letter to Nunavut for $1.07 faster by private courier? Canada Post topped Canada's Most Trusted Brands list in 2020. [2] > The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation exists, yet the Canadian news and media landscape is severely lacking in quality (and in my experience, CBC typically has the lowest-quality content). Completely disagree on that one, and entirely opinion. > VIA Rail Canada Inc. exists, yet passenger rail travel is expensive, slow, inconvenient, and quite limited throughout Canada. It's actually very inexpensive - you can get from Ottawa to Toronto for like $100 CAD round trip - but yes slower than it could be, because the government chose not to invest in it. However, it has recently, and HFR along the corridor is going to be a material improvement. As is they are much cheaper than driving, faster than driving, waaaay cheaper than flying and sometimes faster. That said they made the list of Canada's Most Trusted Brands in the Travel category in 2022 so obviously not everyone agrees. [1] > Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation exists, yet housing is incredibly expensive throughout Canada. The job of CMHC is not to make housing affordable. That's the job of municipalities and zoning rules. The job of CMHC is to finance homes which they do a fantastic job of. This doesn't make any more sense than blaming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the high rent prices in San Francisco. Really doesn't make sense to judge them on something that isn't their job. > Yet another federal Crown corporation isn't the answer. So why does Saskatchewan have cell service that costs half what everyone else is paying? Sounds like it might be. What I would say is just like SaskTel in Saskatchewan, if you don't want to use it, don't sign up. But for me, I'd be onboard in a heartbeat and you'd love them too as they pushed down the cost of cellular service even if you chose not to. Rogers, Bell and Telus plans are similarly way cheaper in Saskatchewan because they have to actually compete for once. [1] https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/brandtrust/assets/docs/final--gbti-2022-main-report.pdf https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/brandtrust/assets/docs/final--... [2] https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/about-us/financial-reports/2020-annual-report/an-unprecedented-year.page https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/ab...
ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
Canada Post has never lost one of my parcels. Can't say the same for UPS.
Tiktaalik 3y ago
> CBC typically has the lowest-quality content The alternatives to CBC is like CKNW 980 24/7 news radio that is of the "news entertainment" style of news; the sort purely designed to generate impressions by making you angry. noooo thx.
amatecha 3y ago
What? Canada Post is awesome. I vastly prefer to send/receive packages with them vs. UPS or FedEx. Like someone else said, Canada Post has never lost one of my packages, and in fact, they have delivered stuff that was either totally incorrect (mistake on the sender's part) or nearly impossible to read. It's not very expensive either... Oh, and I've been able to redirect my old address for years for a pretty cheap fee. Pretty sweet.
- transcriptase 3y ago
  It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. And the former would be faster. Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter.
  - arcticbull 3y ago
    > It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. If you're looking at shipping by say USPS, then International shipping rates are determined under the United Nations Universal Postal Union. [1] Until like 2020 it would have cost you far less to send a package from China to the US than from the US to somewhere else in the US. Comparing the cost of domestic to foreign international shipping prices is not reflective of anything, unfortunately. I would strongly urge you to look again at the cost of FedEx/UPS/DHL shipments into Canada. If you're looking to send a parcel, by ground, you need to add at least like $25 for brokerage. If you're shipping express, you're paying at least $70 for the package, but at least it includes brokerage. I think this is probably just not accurate. I just priced a 5lb FedEx Small Box going from SF to Vancouver (800mi/1287km) and it came in at $180USD/244CAD for the cheapest option. Shipping the same box by Canada Post from Ottawa to Winnipeg (1000mi-ish) came in at $47CAD for the same service tier. $58 to Vancouver. Ground came in at $24 which is less than the brokerage charge alone would be going international. > Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter. That's probably because Canada is bigger than the United States in land mass and has the population of California. That makes it, therefore, expensive to ship things. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Universal_Postal_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Univers...
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arcticbull 3y ago

> Canada Post Corporation exists, yet sending and receiving letters/parcels is expensive, slow, and often inconvenient throughout Canada. Very inexpensive and accessible, and private alternatives exist. Canada Post actually does a great job all things considered. Do you really think you can get a letter to Nunavut for $1.07 faster by private courier? Canada Post topped Canada's Most Trusted Brands list in 2020. [2] > The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation exists, yet the Canadian news and media landscape is severely lacking in quality (and in my experience, CBC typically has the lowest-quality content). Completely disagree on that one, and entirely opinion. > VIA Rail Canada Inc. exists, yet passenger rail travel is expensive, slow, inconvenient, and quite limited throughout Canada. It's actually very inexpensive - you can get from Ottawa to Toronto for like $100 CAD round trip - but yes slower than it could be, because the government chose not to invest in it. However, it has recently, and HFR along the corridor is going to be a material improvement. As is they are much cheaper than driving, faster than driving, waaaay cheaper than flying and sometimes faster. That said they made the list of Canada's Most Trusted Brands in the Travel category in 2022 so obviously not everyone agrees. [1] > Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation exists, yet housing is incredibly expensive throughout Canada. The job of CMHC is not to make housing affordable. That's the job of municipalities and zoning rules. The job of CMHC is to finance homes which they do a fantastic job of. This doesn't make any more sense than blaming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the high rent prices in San Francisco. Really doesn't make sense to judge them on something that isn't their job. > Yet another federal Crown corporation isn't the answer. So why does Saskatchewan have cell service that costs half what everyone else is paying? Sounds like it might be. What I would say is just like SaskTel in Saskatchewan, if you don't want to use it, don't sign up. But for me, I'd be onboard in a heartbeat and you'd love them too as they pushed down the cost of cellular service even if you chose not to. Rogers, Bell and Telus plans are similarly way cheaper in Saskatchewan because they have to actually compete for once. [1] https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/brandtrust/assets/docs/final--gbti-2022-main-report.pdf https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/brandtrust/assets/docs/final--... [2] https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/about-us/financial-reports/2020-annual-report/an-unprecedented-year.page https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/ab...

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago

Canada Post has never lost one of my parcels. Can't say the same for UPS.

Tiktaalik 3y ago

> CBC typically has the lowest-quality content The alternatives to CBC is like CKNW 980 24/7 news radio that is of the "news entertainment" style of news; the sort purely designed to generate impressions by making you angry. noooo thx.

amatecha 3y ago

What? Canada Post is awesome. I vastly prefer to send/receive packages with them vs. UPS or FedEx. Like someone else said, Canada Post has never lost one of my packages, and in fact, they have delivered stuff that was either totally incorrect (mistake on the sender's part) or nearly impossible to read. It's not very expensive either... Oh, and I've been able to redirect my old address for years for a pretty cheap fee. Pretty sweet.

transcriptase 3y ago
It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. And the former would be faster. Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter.
- arcticbull 3y ago
  > It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. If you're looking at shipping by say USPS, then International shipping rates are determined under the United Nations Universal Postal Union. [1] Until like 2020 it would have cost you far less to send a package from China to the US than from the US to somewhere else in the US. Comparing the cost of domestic to foreign international shipping prices is not reflective of anything, unfortunately. I would strongly urge you to look again at the cost of FedEx/UPS/DHL shipments into Canada. If you're looking to send a parcel, by ground, you need to add at least like $25 for brokerage. If you're shipping express, you're paying at least $70 for the package, but at least it includes brokerage. I think this is probably just not accurate. I just priced a 5lb FedEx Small Box going from SF to Vancouver (800mi/1287km) and it came in at $180USD/244CAD for the cheapest option. Shipping the same box by Canada Post from Ottawa to Winnipeg (1000mi-ish) came in at $47CAD for the same service tier. $58 to Vancouver. Ground came in at $24 which is less than the brokerage charge alone would be going international. > Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter. That's probably because Canada is bigger than the United States in land mass and has the population of California. That makes it, therefore, expensive to ship things. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Universal_Postal_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Univers...

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