Can Post’s monopoly on delivery of letters

Andrew Coyne makes the case for Canada Post to give up its monopoly on letter delivery in Canada.  We referred to this senseless barrier to private enterprise yesterday (previous post). Coyne reminds us that the Canada Post Office Corporation Act gives Can Post the “exclusive privilege” to deliver  first-class mail, making it  illegal for anyone but the post office to deliver a letter for less than three times the price of a stamp. Andrew Coyne