I think "out dated" seems to identify the problems with both US/Canadian mail. The majority of past mail delivery has been taken over by markedly cheaper email. And in extremely rural areas it's not "mail" that has to be delivered, but goods/packages. It's an 18th century "mail" service, forced to become a goods delivery system.
That's not very big! And it costs that much to mail them? Well now I know I will stick to cards and a friendly letter! Thanks for the answer PeppermintPatty.
It’s not very big . It’s actually very expensive but I’ve been doing these since 1981 and now I actually get asked if I’m going to be sending them out. It takes a long time to make them but I enjoy doing it.
Oh Patty, those look wonderful, and I bet they taste even better! Those who will receive them are sure to be pleased to get them. JIM.
Thank you Jim. These aren’t pictures from this years cookies. It’s still a bit early to start my cookies. I probably won’t start them until the second week in December. Hopefully the strike will be over.
I can see why people are asking if you're sending them out again this year! What a delightful collection of goodies to receive!
Good for you...BUT consider the many small Canadian business operators who depend on Canada Post to pick up and deliver their products to their customers, across our huge country. If this strike goes on for more than a few days, many of those current Canada Post shipping customers are going to be forced to switch to other courier companies, which will further erode the C.P commercial customer base. Like the national railways, I think that Canada Post should be made an "essential national service " with no strikes. JIM.
But imagine, here in Germany are still people who want migrate to Canada. Unbelievable!
You'r right Jim. Today I was listening on the news to a director of a woman's shelter in Vancouver, and she was saying how they get half their years financing through the donations that come at Christmas and this strike was going to hurt that if it doesn't. get settled soon. I think though, that more and more of those sorts of institutions will have to set up apps so that you can make a donation to them online. That women's shelter should have done that already.
You might find it interesting to look up how many Americans have moved overseas and are immensely pleased with their decision. My best friend was an American and she came to Canada when she was 17. She's also immensely pleased with that decision, made 37 years ago.
Yeah something like 8.9 Billion lost in the last 5 years...They have been dying for years now. Bleeding is an understatement. They hit the cartoid artery!!
I will point out that in this year of 2024, we have seen a national railway strike that lasted 6 days, then the national labor board forced binding arbitration, and the strike ended. Then we had strikes at the port of Vancouver and the port of Montreal, and those strikes quickly ended with binding arbitration .
I'm sure everyone loves to bash Canada these days, but that's okay. We've got tough skin and know that there are all kinds of whiners everywhere. But actually, the OP question was more along the lines of 'how is everyone dealing with a postal strike before Christmas' and what are the posties asking for. A little different than the direction you are taking.
Yes a lot of things need fixing, and I agree people are upset, cause this is a regular thing. As a Canadian born and bred, I believe my country is falling apart at an alarming rate, and many Canadians can't see it or don't want to see it.
It's not that everyone love to Bash Canada, it's that you can't help it. Once the jewel of the world, is now a tarnished turd. Every metric, every category that you compare it to all others, it/we have fallen to levels unheard of. It simply is, a shadow of its former self.
