Comments on: The threatened future of Canada’s universal, public postal service http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2008/07/13/the-future-of-universal-public-postal-service-is-at-stake/ Fiercely independent (and often irreverent) news & views. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: zorya http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2008/07/13/the-future-of-universal-public-postal-service-is-at-stake/#comment-888 zorya Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:36:11 +0000 http://briarpatchmagazine.com/?p=672#comment-888 BC already pays private companies for my x-rays and blood tests libraries? yeah, Blockbuster meets Chapters! I get "mail" via Canada Post, UPS, USPS International Std, FedEx, DHL and some of Canada Post's expedited/courier services the only difference among them is that only Canada Post letter carriers bring me junk mail welcome to the future BC already pays private companies for my x-rays and blood tests

libraries? yeah, Blockbuster meets Chapters!

I get “mail” via Canada Post, UPS, USPS International Std, FedEx, DHL and some of Canada Post’s expedited/courier services

the only difference among them is that only Canada Post letter carriers bring me junk mail

welcome to the future

]]> By: Peter http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2008/07/13/the-future-of-universal-public-postal-service-is-at-stake/#comment-806 Peter Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:26:33 +0000 http://briarpatchmagazine.com/?p=672#comment-806 What's next? Privatization of medical care, public libraries? After the Soviet Union's dissolution, the seizure of various industries and services at wholesale prices by the oligarchs (many of them former Communist party bosses) was mockingly referred to as something that could be loosely translated as "profitization". What's not surprising, though, is that this isn't garnering any attention in the wider mass media. (Thanks, CRTC for standing back whilst media moguls continue concentrating their holdings.) Hats off, Briarpatch! What’s next? Privatization of medical care, public libraries? After the Soviet Union’s dissolution, the seizure of various industries and services at wholesale prices by the oligarchs (many of them former Communist party bosses) was mockingly referred to as something that could be loosely translated as “profitization”. What’s not surprising, though, is that this isn’t garnering any attention in the wider mass media. (Thanks, CRTC for standing back whilst media moguls continue concentrating their holdings.) Hats off, Briarpatch!

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