Canada Post is More Screwed Than You Think

Carney says Canada Post is “insolvent,” but is it possible to save it?

Isaac Peltz joins to brainstorm ways to get Canada Post off life support and to explain why coverage in Canada is missing out on the big story of labour in this country.

Plus, an update on Travis Dhanraj’s issues with the CBC.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Isaac Peltz

Further reading:

• Canada Post workers walk off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
• In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail | The New Yorker
• The truth is that Canada Post was simply set up to fail - The Globe and Mail
• Why the Canada Post strike is not just a ‘labour dispute’ – The Independent
• Edmonton MP Heather McPherson enters NDP leadership race | CBC News
• Travis Dhanraj Breaks His Silence: "CBC Tried to Shut Me Up" - Can’t Be Censored [YouTube]

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