Canada Post Announces Price Hike, Cites Inflation, Not the Fact That Nobody Mails Letters Anymore

OTTAWA – Canada Post has announced another price increase for domestic letter mail, bringing the cost of a single stamp to $1.24. The Crown corporation cited rising operational costs and inflation, while conspicuously avoiding any mention of the fact that the average Canadian has sent approximately three personal letters in the last decade. We remain committed to delivering mail, said a Canada Post executive, standing in a sorting facility where 70% of the volume is now Amazon packages and flyers for pizza places that have been out of business since 2022. The price hike is expected to generate an additional $47 million in revenue, which will be used to cover the pensions of 12,000 retired employees who have been collecting them since the 1990s. Meanwhile, Canada Post has announced it will be discontinuing Saturday delivery in all but 14 postal codes, specifically the ones where MPs live.

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