Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra says there’s ‘no time to waste’ in cutting door-to-door delivery

OTTAWA ―­Canada Post president and CEO Deepak Chopra told the House of Commons transport committee Wednesday that his Crown corporation needs to start implementing its controversial plan immediately or risk losing millions of dollars a day.

“We have no time to waste, and we must act now and act with a sense of urgency,” he told the committee in his first public appearance since Canada Post announced last week it would eliminate door-to-door delivery, hike the cost of stamps and reduce the size of its work force over the next five years.

Canada Post's Deepak Chopra says seniors want exercise from picking up mail

The head of Canada Post says seniors have told the corporation they want more exercise and fresh air in answer to an MP's question about how the elderly will be especially hard hit by the cancellation of home mail delivery.

Deepak Chopra was answering questions put to him by MPs at a special emergency meeting of the transport committee Wednesday. Parliament has risen so most MPs are back in their ridings for a Christmas break and won't return until the end of January.

Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra to face MPs

Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra will field questions on proposed Canada Post service cuts when he appears at an emergency session of the House of Commons transport committee Wednesday afternoon, his office confirmed late Tuesday.

Witnesses from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the Conference Board of Canada, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business are also tentatively scheduled to appear at the hastily convened pre-holiday session.