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Response from Josée Verner - May 11, 2006
(August 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)


Response from the office of Stephen Harper - April 25, 2006
(August 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)


Response from the office of Lawrence Cannon - May 9, 2006
(August 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)


Letter to Moya Greene - Re: Plant and post office closures
(July 4, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)

June 27, 2006 Moya Greene President and Chief Executive Officer Canada Post Corporation 2701 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1 Dear Ms. Greene: Re: Plant and post office closures. Canada Post has refused to release the corporation's overall plans for our public post office and its plans for the national network review. You have stated that you do not have a plan and that you are approaching facilities on a case-by-case basis. CUPW would therefore like...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - June 27, 2006
(July 4, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)

June 27, 2006 Lawrence Cannon Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor, 330 Sparks, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5 Dear Mr. Cannon: You made a statement in the House of Commons on June 12, 2006 which indicates that the government has decided to proceed with the closure of the mail processing plant in Quebec City. You said that "the members of Parliament and ministers from the Quebec City area did fulfill their election promises by thoroughly reviewing and examining the closure...
Letter to Lawrence Cannon - Critical Date in Quebec City Mail Process Plant Closure
(June 14, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Letters)

BY PRIORITY COURIER June 7, 2006 Lawrence Cannon Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor, 330 Sparks, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 Dear Mr. Cannon: Re: June 12th - Critical Date in Quebec City Mail Process Plant Closure I am writing further to my letters of February 9th, March 22nd and May 23rd to find out whether you intend to honour your party's commitment to oppose and review the decision to close the mail sorting plant in Quebec City. I have summarized your party's...
Presentation to Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
(June 9, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

By Deborah Bourque President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers On behalf of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. CUPW represents 54,000 workers in large and small communities from coast to coast to coast. A majority of our members work for Canada Post. I think it is fair to say that this union knows, better than most, what it takes to make Canada Post work. CUPW...
One thousand municipalities take stand on closures and transparency
(May 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Blog Entries)

Over 800 municipalities have passed resolutions opposing the Quebec City plant closure and other closures, which they have forwarded to the minister responsible for Canada Post. In response to our recent request, about 200 municipalities so far have sent letters to the minister demanding information on the corporation’s plans for the postal network and postal service. ...
Meetings with party leaders
(May 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Blog Entries)

CUPW representatives met with Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc québécois and Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party on April 19th. Duceppe supported the call for a moratorium on the plant closure in Quebec City pending a debate on Canada Post and Conservative government plans for our public post office. He has discussed the moratorium with the Andrée Boucher, the Mayor of Quebec City, and she has agreed to support it as well. Layton also supported the call for a...
Meeting with Postal Critics
(May 3, 2006/ Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Blog Entries)

CUPW representatives recently met with Paul Dewar, postal critic for the New Democratic Party, Mario Laframboise, postal critic for the Bloc québécois and Chris White, chief of staff to Liberal postal critic Belinda Stronach. At these meetings, the union requested that party representatives ask Lawrence Cannon, the new Minister Responsible to: 1. Review the decision to close the Quebec City mail sorting plant, as the Conservatives promised. In the fall of 2005, the Conservative...