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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre took a jackhammer to concrete in Pierrefonds on Thursday, hours after vowing to remove the base of the future community mailbox.

The mayor showed up in a hard hat at the Anse-à-l’Orme Park after local mayors expressed displeasure Thursday morning at having recently discovered the concrete base installed by Canada Post. After their meeting, Coderre hinted on Twitter that he would remove the mailbox slab himself.

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Montreal is among several municipalities opposed to Canada Post’s decision to install community mailboxes as it moves away from home delivery. In June, Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and Westmount joined the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ lawsuit that’s attempting to block the implementation of community mailboxes in Canada.

“Whatever the cost is, I am going to send the bill to Canada Post,” Coderre said, after briefly taking the jackhammer while television crews filmed the scene.