Hostage wars.

Public sector labour unions take Canadian taxpayers hostage on a regular basis and do so with state approval. Teachers have vacated classrooms. Postal workers stopped delivering the mail. Why?

Sympathy for the devil❓

https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/553013/Canada-Post-puts-forward-final-offers-to-union-as-overtime-ban-continues

Am I heartless if I don’t side with the postal workers?

When an armed robbery takes place, does the victim gladly hand over his or her money,

OR

does the pointed gun have anything to do with their “generosity”?

Am I supposed to feel sympathy for postal workers who threaten “labour action” while their union representatives demand more money and perks on their behalf from a nation of citizens who struggle with the high cost of living?

Should postal workers side with taxpayers?

Why can’t I opt out of the tax cost of mail delivery if 95% of what I find in my mail box is marketing flyers that I don’t want? Those flyers end up as land fill in the local dump - another government monopoly likely staffed with union members.

With 95% of the mail that I do want is sent to me electronically, the other 5% can be sent to me by means other than a “public services” monopoly staffed by a labour supply monopoly over which no taxpayer can hold directly accountable. If Amazon can deliver online product purchases of all shapes and sizes through a variety of delivery options, why can’t Canada Post❓

The hard reality.

The Crown corporation, which has lost over $4 billion since 2018, remains under financial strain despite a $1 billion federal loan in January.

If there ever was a good case for disbanding a government monopoly, Canada Post offers it.

An NGO is sheep’s clothing.

A recent post about NGOs identified labour unions as one type of collective that qualifies as non-governmental organizations.

Their roles in public “workforce management” has always been perceived as “shady” by outside observers like me.

Even many union members are known to question the need for “collective bargaining”, and the suspected behind-closed-doors “deal-making” within the institutional corridors they serve.

Are they worth the “entertainment” value?

I have long believed that elections are nothing more than “political theatre” designed to lead voters to believe that they are participating in democracy.

Union negotiations are just another scene in that theatre. Our government negotiators pretend to represent taxpayers’ interests while knowing all the while that the final “deal” will be anything but fair to the citizens of Canada.

The only “fair deal” is to privatize Canada Post.

Competition is known to shake out the weak players and support the strong in service delivery markets.

Today, we must depend on government-employed “negotiators” to represent Canadian taxpayers during negotiations with Canada Post offers it - a process that is political, bureaucratic, susceptible to corruption, and has historically led to poor results.

In free markets, no citizen would be forced to pay the taxes or be subject to the charade euphemistically called “negotiations”.

Each citizen would pay directly for the services they valued, and nothing more.

Their entertainment will come from Netflix rather than the evening news about so-called Canada Post “negotiations”.

The time has come.

Pull the plug on Canada Post.

Stop crucifying Canadians with unnecessary tax burdens and service restrictions.

Do the right thing.

Free up all Canada Post workers from union contracts.

Encourage them to find employment where paying customers value the products and services they provide.