{"id":2388,"date":"2012-07-19T03:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/city-council-opposes-closing-pointe_18\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:42:04","slug":"city-council-opposes-closing-pointe_18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/city-council-opposes-closing-pointe_18\/","title":{"rendered":"City council opposes closing Pointe Claire Village post office"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Pointe Claire city council passed a resolution July 3, vigorously opposing Canada Post’s plan to close its century-and-a-half-old post office in Pointe Claire Village.<\/p>\n

The city called on Canada Post \u201cto conduct a genuine public consultation with the people and organizations who are affected by the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the moment, Canada Post is instead relying on an online survey to gauge public reaction to the prospective closure. Anyone with Internet access can participate, regardless of their connection to the issue.<\/p>\n

Canada Post spokeswoman Genevi\u00e8ve Latour told The Suburban<\/i> that \u201cwe will be collecting feedback from customers until July 19.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that if a decision is finalized to sell the village post office, \u201cwe have a process in place that we will follow to make sure that the building is put on the market in an appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers can mail feedback to our head office in Ottawa, or they can go to www.canadapost.ca\/retail<\/a> to provide their comments about this position.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a decline in revenue at the Pointe Claire Village post office during the past five years,\u201d she explained, adding that \u201cthere are about seven post offices within a 5 km radius\u2014some a short distance away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pointe Claire residents interviewed by The Suburban<\/i> attributed the village post office’s decline to other factors, including reduced hours of operation and surly customer service.<\/p>\n

City officials protested that any decision should be informed by more than just economic merit. They said that Canada Post should not ignore the social impact of the post office and the need for postal service in the village\u2014not to mention the facility’s 150-year history in Pointe Claire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building’s historical value well exceeds the simple sale of stamps,\u201d read the councillors’ resolution, which they sent to the riding’s federal representative Francis Scarpaleggia and provincial representative Geoffrey Kelley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m opposed to this closing,\u201d Scarpaleggia told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview. \u201cThe post office is part of a larger, unparalleled cityscape that gives Pointe Claire Village its character and attracts people from all over Montreal and off-island.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have sent letters to the Minister of Transport, who is responsible for Canada Post, as well as to Canada Post itself, together with a petition which was signed by more than 800 people,\u201d the federal MP said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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