{"id":9145,"date":"2025-09-25T20:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:55:59","slug":"ottawa-must-hold-public-hearings-on-canada-post-expansion-into-parcel-market-cta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/ottawa-must-hold-public-hearings-on-canada-post-expansion-into-parcel-market-cta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Must Hold Public Hearings on Canada Post Expansion into Parcel Market: CTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking for clarification and transparency on federal Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Lightbound\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-services-procurement\/news\/2025\/09\/government-of-canada-instructs-canada-post-to-begin-transformation.html\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0to introduce measures designed to stabilize Canada Post\u2019s finances and enable its modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement follows a report earlier this year by the Industrial Inquiry Commission, which highlighted the state of the service and its solvency issues. In the report, both the union and management&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/new-canada-post-needs-to-eliminate-misclassified-and-forced-labour-from-contracts-cta\/\">emphasized their interest<\/a>&nbsp;for greater expansion into the parcel delivery market, including cross-border shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While today\u2019s announcement by Minister Lightbound does not specifically endorse this move, it does raise the issue of parcel delivery as a source of&nbsp;growth and highlighted Canada Post\u2019s declining market share versus the private sector in this area and the service\u2019s failure to pay attention to this gap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwenty years ago, Canada Post delivered 5.5 billion letters annually. Today, it delivers only 2 billion, even as the number of households has grown. That means fewer letters are being delivered to more addresses, while fixed costs remain high. At the same time, parcels volumes \u2014 which should have been Canada Post&rsquo;s growth opportunity \u2014 have declined. In 2019, Canada Post delivered 62% of parcels in&nbsp;Canada; today, its market share has dropped below 24%, with private competitors taking the lead. Structural challenges, combined with outdated restrictions and stalled negotiations between labour and management, have further limited the corporation&rsquo;s ability to adapt\u2026 this situation is unsustainable. Canada Post is effectively insolvent, and repeated bailouts are not a long-term solution. Transformation is required to ensure the survival of Canada Post and protect the services Canadians rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) believes the Minister needs to hold public consultations on Canada Post\u2019s potential expansion into the parcel business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCTA does not support the expansion of public sector entities into the freight market,\u201d said CTA President and CEO Stephen Laskowski.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking for clarification and transparency on federal Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Lightbound\u2019s\u00a0announcement\u00a0to introduce measures designed to stabilize Canada Post\u2019s finances and enable 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