This past summer, we saw the strike of Canada Post. It spread nationwide until the federal government passed legislation forcing the postal workers to return to work. Reading the Fraser Forum, a magazine published by the Fraser Institute, an article believes it would be at the best interest of Canadians to privatize Canada Post. They have researched and conclude that privatizing would open up all postal services to competition. Evidence shows that private forms usually outdo their public sector counterparts. A real world example from New Zealand, proves an increase of profit, speedy delivery, and increase on time delivery. Univeristy of Toronto professor, Edward Iacobucci, and his colleagues conclude that efficiency gains and improvements in service quality.The rest of the article explains other reasons why privatizing is a good idea.

The article is very persuasive but the idea to privatize seems too good to be real. There must be some negative side effects. I think a lot of money would go into privatizing, which could be spent else where, and also their would be cuts in workers. Though privatization may be beneficial to consumers, the people behind Canada Post would suffer.