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In article <47vs7n$5if@milo.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>, cstark1@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Colin Stark) says:
>
>Further to my post of 2 weeks ago:
>1  In its November issue, Common Ground magazine carries a follow-up 
>article which urges those who ultimately get no satisfaction from Canada 
>Post (CPO) ro re-mail all their JUNK mail to:
>David Dingwall, Minister responnsible for CPO, Ottawa, Ont, K1A 0A6
>(free mailing)
>
>2.  I talked to my mial-person, who assured me that CPO has NOT 
>instructed carriers to respect "No JUNK mail" signs. She said much more, 
>none of it complimentary to CPO.
>
>3.  I again called CPO at 739-1410, where they had previously implied 
>that a simple request to the carrier would be enough.She was less certain 
>when pressed, but said she would call me back.
>
>4.  I the called CUPW (the union) who arte DEFINITE that admail and 
>letter carriers have NOT been instructed by CPO to respect "NO JUNK Mail" 
>signs, and that carriers caught doing so could still be subject to 
>disciplinary action, which could go as far as firing.
>
>I feel that CPO are straddling a fence (I could use stronger language) by 
>saying different things to:
>a)  householders like myself
>b)  carriers and their union
>c)  advertisers, to whom they "guarantee" 100% delivery coverage
>
>Surely it is time for CPO - OUR Crown Corp - to come clean about this 
>matter and respect the right of an individual to REFUSE Junk Mail.
>
>What is the opinion of other interested parties eg:
>WCWC and environmental groups; CUPW; carriers; MLAs; MPs; householders?
>
>RSVP or better still put out your own sign:
>
>"     Please !!
>   No JUNK Mail
>(incl. Canada Post) "
>
>or phone 739-1410 and check out the above with CPO.
>
>Colin Stark
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Go get um Colin

I have been trying to get Canada Post to not put junk mail in my PO
box for years, and I have always been told that they have no choice 
but to deliver all of it.

I lived in California prior to moving to Canada ten years ago.  At the
US Post Office I was able to submit a notice that had ALL third class
mail blocked from my box.  We need that choice here.  

Maybe the flap over porno in the mail back east will generate some
changes in the system for all of us in regards to garbage mail.


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