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Matthew Lau: Why Canada Post management needs more bonuses, not fewer

For a better-performing mail service, we should stop giving management so much guaranteed compensation and put more of their pay at risk

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is a public sector union that has long engaged in radical left-wing politics, while the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is a fiscally conservative activist organization that does much good work pushing back against high taxes and wasteful government spending. There are hardly two more ideologically opposed organizations in Canada, but when Canada Post handed out $30.8 million in management bonuses despite a $1.57-billion loss last year, CUPW and the CTF finally found something they agreed on: the bonuses were outrageous.

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