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Municipalities asked to help save rural post offices
(instead of improving the Charter) and even lay the groundwork for privatizing or dereg- ulating Canada Post,” says CUPW. Municipalities are being urged to sup- port the union’s call that the charter be improved by ensuring that the moratorium on post office closures in small and rural communities protects the public nature of post offices and by establishing a “reason- able, uniform and democratic process for making changes to the postal and delivery network (closures, downsizing, removal of rural mail boxes, etc), but only after consul- tation with the public and other stakehold- ers.” The union maintains, “Canada Post has been holding consultations on the future of our public postal service to prepare for the upcoming charter review. The corpora- tion has been clear. It wants to dramatically cut service to improve its financial situa- tion. Cutting might help Canada Post with Le conseil a voté, mardi soir, de mandat- er l’avocat Jean Carol Boucher de cesser l’action que le conseil avait pris en mai de 2012, prétendant que M. Saywell avait com- mis des actes qui «constituent une incon- duite». M. Saywell a démissionné en septembre 2012. Mais lors des dernières élections, il est revenu avec une forte majorité; comme chef de l’Équipe Saywell, il a remporté 78% des votes dans la course pour la mairie. La résolution adoptée mardi soir, ne men- tionne pas la validité des allégations que M. Saywell a toujours traitées comme «friv- oles». Il n’a pas participé au vote sur la mo- tion qui soulignait que les frais juridiques dans le dossier étaient importants et que M. Saywell avait l’appui de la majorité de la
its money problems in the short-term but it is not a good long-term strategy and it certainly won’t improve the future of postal service in our country.”Wednesday, Canada Post unveiled five initiatives “that together will form the foundation of a new postal system designed to serve busy Canadians and meet their changing needs for postal services.” Over the next five years, the one third of Canadian households that receive their mail at their door will be converted to com- munity mailbox delivery. This change will provide significant savings to Canada Post and will have no impact on the two thirds of Canadian households that already receive their mail and parcels through community mailboxes, grouped or lobby mailboxes or rural mailboxes. Plus, Canada Post will open more fran- chise postal outlets in stores across Canada. population. Plusieurs des 20 personnes présents ont applaudi quand les membres ont approuvé la résolution de fermer le dossier. Le maire suppléant, Daniel Gauthier, a déclaré que la décision était dans les intérêts des citoyens. En février, le conseil a adopté une résolu- tion affirmant que M. Saywell avait «posé des actes d’harcèlement et de dénigrement envers la direction générale». Le conseil a rappelé qu’au mois d’aout de 2012, M. Saywell a demandé, «sans motifs valables», l’aide de la Sûreté du Québec pour expulser deux membres du conseil de l’Hôtel de Ville. La résolution contre M. Saywell dit qu’il a fait parvenir par courriel, un document de la cour faisait référence à un dossier impli- quant un mineur.
da Post ought to branch out in other areas, such as postal banking. Canada Post was tight-lipped when asked to comment on the CUPW statements, “Unfortunately, we have nothing to add at this time since no review has been an- nounced. We know that postal services in rural Canada create very important links within communities and a lifeline for many businesses and residents. We also value our network as part of our competitive edge in e-commerce,” Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier wrote in an e-mail. In 2011, Canada Post was in the red for the first time in 16 years. It is feared the cor- poration could face a $1 billion loss by 2020. As the federal government will under- take a review of the Canadian Postal Service Charter in 2014, “ the government could use the Charter review to reduce our public post office’s obligation to provide service
RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
After decades of enjoying profits, chang- ing times have left Canada Post seeing red. And that could soon have many rural residents seeing red, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers warns. Postal services in the country may be on the chopping block as the Post Office attempts to a tough financial situation, cautions the union. “The Canadian postal service charter review should focus on reve- nue generation, not additional cuts,” CUPW argues in statements it has sent to munici- palities. Champlain Township recently endorsed the union’s position, which denounces pro- posed austerity measures and argues Cana-
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GRENVILLE-SUR-LA-ROUGE | Citant les intérêts des contribuables, le conseil de Grenville-sur-la-Rouge veut arrêter les procédures, entamées par l’ancien conseil, demandant que le maire John Saywell soit déclaré inhabile d’occuper le poste. 0 0%+**!)!*0ŏ pour personnes handicapées Le canton d’Alfred-Plantagenet a vérifié la conformité de ses espaces de station- nements pour personnes handicapées, à la suite d’une plainte d’un citoyen. «Tous nos stationnements municipaux sont conformes », a déclaré le directeur général du canton, Marc Daigneault. La plainte du citoyen visait certains stationnements commerciaux qui auraient une place ré- servée aux personnes handicapées, mais dont l’affichage ne serait pas conforme. Le maire du canton d’Alfred-Plantagenet, Jean-Yves Lalonde, a rencontré l’orga- nisme Le Phénix à ce sujet. La municipa- lité envisage de travailler de concert avec l’organisme afin de sensibiliser les com- merçants au début 2014. Ăŏ,!.ŏ !*0ŏ, 5 hike for council Members of Champlain Township council have given themselves a two per cent pay hike that will go into ef- fect January 1. Mayor Gary Barton will see his basic pay rise from $30,900 to $31,518 while the eight councillors will have their salaries increased from $13,955 to $14,234. Members also re- ceive $113 for attending committee, special council meetings or other mu- nicipal-related activities.
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