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| New trucks at 196 Wicksteed |
As Canada Post marches toward the cancellation of door-to-door delivery across the country, the new postal centre at 196 Wicksteed Ave. is preparing to open. The centre is a shining new structure, part of the Wicksteed Business Park, set deep among the mostly tired old buildings of the industrial district of Leaside east of Laird Drive. These pictures were taken by the redoubtable Rudy Limeback, local observer, naturalist, gadfly and friend of The South Bayview Bulldog. Many area residents will look at this fine facility and especially the shining lineup of new vehicles with a jaundiced eye. All across Canada, cities have been petitioning Canada Post to provide better answers to its slash and burn approach to home delivery. It is true the corporation is losing money. But there is reasonable belief that more limited delivery — even two or three days a week might be possible. Many municipalities insist that Canada Post has provided no adequate answer to how the millions of elderly and disabled people are going to get their mail. Nationwide, 70 cities have banded together to demand answers to how the boxes will possibly work in Canada’s winter. Writer Sandy Hudes said in the National Post recently: “As Canadians anticipate a future of slogging through snow, rain, heat and gloom of night to get their mail, they can take comfort in knowing their community mail boxes will continue to be stuffed with wads of postage-free political propaganda. And they can congratulate themselves that their tax dollars helped produce and deliver that junk mail.” It seems like a political issue incubating. It has more to do with why people vote in a given way than the Senate, environment or maybe even the economy.
