Support for the Canadian Union of Postal Worker's Delivering Community Power Program to Support Expanded Services and Climate Action at Canada Post - by Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for a more equal, more resilient society that prioritizes the health of our must vulnerable neighbours and loved ones. We are relying more than ever on the internet to connect people and to do our business. The continuing decline of traditional letter mail combined with a dramatic rise in parcels from e-commerce makes it plain to see: the postal service has to adapt to a new reality. This is a great opportunity to address multiple problems at once, with a valued public infrastructure that connects everyone in their own community. To the City of Toronto, the benefit of these changes is clear. Urgent action is needed to establish a robust network of electric vehicle charging stations; and to achieve carbon-neutral targets by 2050, Canada Post must greatly accelerate the electrification of its fleet. This will help continue to push Toronto toward its goal to eliminate GHG emissions. Canada Post's letter carriers can also check-in on vulnerable residents to help keep people in their homes longer as they age this is part of an expansion of services Canada Post can expand and adapt to the changing needs of the public through their implementation of Delivering Community Power, a vision of the post-carbon digital-age postal service that address the above needs and more.