The Liberals will set up a four-member independent panel to examine whether Canada Post should end mail delivery. The Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau, promised to restore home-delivery during the election campaign but so far he has only put further cuts on hold. The Public Services Minister Judy Foote says “all options” will be on the table including a genuine blast from the past — post office banking. It is a curiosity which has outlived the memory of most people having been eliminated in 1968. The five big banks won’t be so keen on this idea.
