The fallacious framing of the Canada Post strike

Canada's fourth estate, who claim to speak truth to power, instead now content themselves with speaking power's truths to their consumers. That's how we got to a place where a significant slice of the populace finds it reasonable to buy the government's line that "we can't keep subsidizing Canada Post indefinitely." Why not? What other essential services do we threaten to shut down if they fail to produce a profit? Are schools turning a profit? Are hospitals? Is anyone threatening to shut down schools and hospitals? There's a stretch of sideroad around the corner that washes out in every rainstorm. It costs the county thousands of dollars trucking in gravel and grading the road, which has a total of six houses on it. Where's the profit in that? We have a Canadian tradition of subsidizing essential services. It's something that sets us apart from our neighbours. In America, they do expect their hospitals to make a profit! It's not the fault of postal workers that the Post Office has missed every opportunity to make itself relevant.