Canada Post to decide soon on status of international mail

The federal Minister responsible for Canada Post, Lawrence
Cannon, says he will decide within days about the status of the
country’s international mail delivery sector. The Crown corporation
has won court rulings that essentially gives it monopoly power over
the $100-million sector and, as a result, could push private-sector
providers out of business. “We are actually looking at that issue
now and we will take note not only of that issue but we will be
advising this House as to what we want to do in the coming days,”
Mr. Cannon, above, told the House of Commons. Companies in the
international mail delivery industry, or re-mail, have been pushing
Ottawa to change the law governing Canada Post to ensure the Crown
corporation cannot exercise monopoly control over this sector.
Re-mail works as follows: Large organizations — such as banks,
universities or even federal departments — employ a firm to handle
the distribution of its foreign-bound mail. The firm has the mail
shipped to another country where it gets the appropriate stamps from
that jurisdiction’s post office. These firms attract large-scale
bulk customers by offering competitive rates and top-end customer
service.