Prime Minister

My mother who just turned 74 this year spent her birthday week running around seeking a new bank. Why you might ask would a retiree have to go to such a painful experience? You see, she has been with the Laurention Bank for 50 years. We know this because she opened her account the year before I was born, so a very long term customer. So why would such a loyal customer change banks? And why would I be sending you this email because of it? Well it seems that in St Lambert, you have been here for St Lambert days a few years ago when you walked with the late Jack Layton. The Laurention Bank is not making enough money giving service to people, older people, retires and such, so they are not closing their branch. They are just shutting down their customer service teller part of the branch. So I called the bank asking where she could get her bank book up to date. The nice man gave me a location 2 miles away. Except, I had checked online and that place was also closing. So he apologized and re-looked. Yes there is a branch near buy only 5-6 km away. That would only require her to get on not one bus, but two and then have to walk a fair amount. After all she is young and spry at 74. She elected to find a new bank. She is a real Canadian. She worked all her life and this is how she is being treated by profit driven banks. Isn’t time she earned just a little respect? Yet all over this country, my mother’s story is different only by location. Banks don’t care to serve the people; they are simply focus on the biggest unseemly profit they can generate. See Mr Prime minister, I work for the Post Office. We are not profit driven. Or at least we should not be. We service all Canadians and we try to give them the respect that is their due. Isn’t it time, we added postal banking to that mix? In every community, you will have a post office that is centrally located. Where people who don’t have the ability to travels miles and miles to find the nearest location, so they can use our services. What money we make is returned to the people of Canada. Since the post office has been profitable since 1995, each year but one, so 21 out of the 22 years. In all those years, what money we make is returned to the Canadian people, not to the bank investors as the profit driven companies are. The comparison is stark. Canada Post is community located, profits are returned to the Canadian people, who we are already servicing with their other needs. The banks are pulling out, profits go only to the limited investors on Bay Street and the concept of service is about near as friendly as flying United Airlines. It’s time to give Canadians, all Canadians, Postal Banking. Not just for my mother, but for all the mothers of Canada. This Mother’s Day, please join with the union at Canada Post and support postal banking. Can we count on your support?