A local MPP is making a last-ditch effort to save a historic site from becoming what he believes would be the lobby of yet another highrise condominium development.

MPP Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) has organized a community meeting for Oct. 30, one he hopes representatives from Canada Post or local MP Joe Oliver’s office will attend to discuss the sale of the old Postal Station K before the public consultation period closes Nov. 1.

The postal station is listed in Toronto’s inventory of heritage buildings, but the site is even more important for its role in the creation of responsible government and the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. William Lyon McKenzie assembled his rebel troops on the spot where, at the time, stood Montgomery’s Tavern.

The handsome building bears the unicorn and lion insignia of King Edward VIII. The area around a plaque and a flagpole at the front of the post office is listed as a national historic site.

But over a 30-day public consultation period required by Canada Post’s own charter before selling such a property, it has yet to meet with community members seeking to preserve it.

Three public meetings have gone unattended by Canada Post. A petition of more than 7,000 signatures appears to have been largely ignored.

“They’re a rogue company,” Colle said of Canada Post. “It seems that their plan is to make it a lobby for a condo.”

For Canada Post, the sale isn’t about history; it’s about dollars and sense.

“We understand fully about how the community feels about their buildings,” said Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier. “We understand, but we are facing some very significant financial challenges.”

The mail outfit posted its first loss in 16 years in 2011, some $327 million before taxes.

Preserving Station K, Losier said, “is really outside our realm of responsibility.”

Colle said he believes Canada Post has ignored the requirement to speak with the public on the sale of a federally owned property. “Their consultation period is basically sticking a flyer on the door.”

Even Oliver, the area’s federal MP, has steered clear of the site, going as far as to suggest it’s up to the province and the city to decide its fate.

Prospective buyers have been able to make proposals to purchase Postal Station K since May, but Canada Post insists nothing has been signed.

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Colle believes a deal is in place to sell the buildings before the community’s voice is properly heard.

“I think they basically betrayed the trust of the people who care deeply about this building,” Colle said. “They basically sold it conditionally to someone and they won’t tell us that they’ve done that. Why don’t they tell the truth?”