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Great idea in theory, but imagine, in addition to paper billing, having to rely on more financial transactions go through an organization known to be unreliable from their frequent strikes. People who rely on paper cheques & bills have already been put through a lot.

There's about 3 boomers that would do this. I don't get the hardon for postal banking in todays world.

Which only works if the post office management can keep the place working properly and not constantly antagonize the workers.

If only Joel Lightbound and the C-suite of Canada Post knew that! Alas, they're incompetent and taking the easy way out of simply slashing services and layoffs instead of expanding goods and services to attempt to fill up the gap. Enshittification anyone? Liberals have become Con-lite and just drags out the timeline towards total privatization.

Even the new budget caters towards the private sector. Gee, without a good competitive Canada Post that delivers to all Canadians, small businesses are arguably less competitive now compared to companies that are paying for private delivery services. The Liberals can't have it both ways saying they back businesses while slashing the services that these businesses may use to be competitive relative to mega-cap companies.

Canada on a whole from the federal level down to the municipal level is anti-business. Starting up a business often requires a deep pocket with red tape every step of the way. If the Liberals want to really galvanize collective action from Canadians, they need to be providing business centric services that are easy to access, affordable and competitive. Where's the business starter kit from the government? Oh wait, there isn't one. Better spend a few grand and loads of time on a business degree huh?