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We will stop Stephen Harper’s plan to end door-to-door mail delivery in Canada and undertake a new review of Canada Post to make sure that it provides high-quality service at a reasonable price to Canadians, no matter where they live. –The Liberal Party election promise.

Canada Post president Deepak Chopra knew this was a possibility – that a Liberal government would arrive midway through his plan to keep the Crown Corporation on a profitable track through to 2019.

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Early this week, well before the swearing-in of Justin Trudeau as prime minister set for Nov. 4, Chopra announced Canada Post would halt plans to terminate door-to-door delivery to the one in three Canadians who still receive their mail this way.

Chopra did so knowing full well what the move would cost. That’s how it is when you’re running a government-owned operation. (Chopra’s initial five-year contract had been due to expire Jan. 31, 2016, but the Conservatives renewed it last August, effective Feb. 1.)