Hi Dale, If you pay your taxes, then you most certainly have a right to how you get your mail delivered.
When you live in a particular county, you are essentially telling the county that you agree to abide by their rules and policies. In addition, by you paying your property taxes, you are giving them silent consent to make any rules you wish them to make at town hall meetings and the like. I'll bet if you were to ask those 100000 people if they enjoyed having to trek out in a snow storm to collect their mail from the post office, I'll bet the majority of them would say no. Your taxes, be they provincial, municipal and federal taxes pay for post services. The stamps you pay for, the delivery charges, all of that amounts to paying someone to do something for you. Would you be happy to go pick up your dinner from a pizza parlour if you were paying them to deliver it? I'm sorry, but living in this country, you have certain rights, and those rights include managing your mail. If the government is going to take responsibility for mail delivery, then they should be responsible for how they get it to you, especially when you're paying for it. Oh, and none of the bull about us having it cheap for mail delivery, have you seen how much postal workers make and the benefits they get? Happy about it indeed. Victor
