Here is a worthwhile review of what the post office is likely to do to get itself into the black again. This CBC story quotes David Stewart-Patterson, who has studied the issue, as saying homeowners generally are okay with altenrate-day delivery. It is small business which screams for the mail every day, he says. And a surprise: Only a third of us get the mail delivered to our door. The other two-thirds are picking it up at apartment or condo collection boxes or rural delivery centres. What e-mail hath wrought! CBC
