UPS cries 'wolf'

UPS cries ‘wolf’
From The Financial Post April 16th, 2001

By DALE CLARK The European Commission didn’t order the break-up of Deutsche Post,
the German post office, on account of cross-subsidization as the
feature by the Canadian Courier Association suggests (Canada’s
Courier Wars, April 9). Deutsche Post decided to sever its letter
and courier operations. What the European Commission did do was fine Deutsche Post for
giving discounts to large customers on the condition that a
customer’s business go to Deutsche Post. Canada Post doesn’t offer
these anti-competitive discounts. There’s no real comparison between Deutsche Post and Canada Post.
It’s all just part of UPS’s strategy to scream “unfair competition”
and “cross-subsidization” over and over again until people start to
believe it. By crying “wolf” (or unfair, anti-competitive, etc.) UPS
hopes that people won’t notice that their NAFTA complaint is about
money, not postal service. UPS wants Canadian taxpayers to hand over
$230-million because it thinks Canada’s publicly funded postal
network gives our post office an unfair advantage. UPS wants more of
our post office’s business, but without the universal service
obligation. Dale Clark, National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Copyright 2001 National Post.
Source: World Reporter (Trade Mark) – FT McCarthy.FINANCIAL POST, 16th April 2001