Canada’s post office is getting a revolutionary green make-over | Martin Lukacs

The post office is far from dead. With Trudeau's support, it can become the catalyst of a more caring, equal economy

The story has an air of inevitability. A rise in online communication has led to a inexorable decline of mail. Our local post offices, squeezed by the digital era, will soon be quaint outposts of a bygone era. What's left to do but end door-to-door mail delivery, lay off postal workers, and hand over what remains to private companies?

This tale may be repeated endlessly by the media, but little of it holds true. The drop-off in mail, while accurate, has in fact has been replaced by a pick-up in e-parcel delivery. Canada Post remains enormously profitable - bringing $1.5 billion in profits to the government in the last decade alone.