Mr. Speaker, Canada Post has announced that it is celebrating the summit of the Americas in Quebec with a special postage stamp.
This is ironic because Canada Post is one of our public services that is very vulnerable to challenges under these free trade agreements. In fact, UPS is suing it right now for $230 million in lost opportunity because it says Canada Post is a monopoly.
What exactly are we celebrating here? The loss of our economic sovereignty? What is the stamp going to show? Perhaps a nice picture of Hughie pepper-spraying a bunch of college kids would be appropriate, or perhaps a picture of riot police strong-arming peaceful protesters. How about a picture of a UPS truck delivering our mail? That would be the vision of the future.
Where does Canada Post get off being a cheerleader for what amounts to a charter of rights for foreign corporations?
I say it is nothing more than cheap political propaganda. It is using a stamp to celebrate a trade deal that threatens to stamp out democracy.