Here are some facts:

-- Canada Post has been profitable 10 out of the past 11 years, making millions for the gov't
-- Canada Post management are fudging when they say "most" Canadians don't have door to door delivery. Anyone who collects their mail in a nice warm, safe, secure and monitored apartment building lobby has the equivalent of door to door.
-- Canada Post is highly relevant-- small packets from e-commerce are hugely important.
-- public mailboxes in big cities are going to be constantly vandalized and broken into. They are also a neighbourhood scourge. Cities don't want them.
-- if the gov't lets Canada Post go into the small banking business, they will help hundreds of small and rural centres across the country.