For the past few weeks, Mr. Van Veen has been getting his After consultation with the evaluator, he moved his mailbox to the west side of his driveway, nine feet from the road. The mail carrier can safely turn on to his driveway, stuif his letters into the mailbox. turn around, enter traf- ï¬c and continue with the mail route. “It’s so nice to have it back," Mr. Van Veen said. Mr. Van Veen noticed some of his neighbours moving their mailboxes in June, but he received a letter from Canada Post saying his mailbox location was unsafe for carriers and he was to continue to use the com- munity mail box. “I have two driveways. I’m sure we can ï¬gure something out,â€-he told a Canada Post site evaluator. “It was a pain in the butt,†he said. “In the winter, the locks froze. You couldn’t get to the mailbox sometimes because of the snow banks." . Mr. Van Veen noticed some ‘In the winter, the locks hoze..Vou couldn’t get to the mailbox sometimes because of the snow hanks! --Oaaaooaaoaoâ€" Whitchurch-Stouï¬'ville resiâ€" dent FrankVanVeen used a com- munity mailbox for more than two years. The box stood 600 metres east of his home near the comer of St. John’s Sideroad and McGowan Road. The ï¬rst guiding principle of the review states, “Canada Post will not be privatized and will remain a Crown corporation". Complaints led to reinstatement Sept. from pagv 1 ARTANTIO\UES IN THE PARK The cancellation of drive- way delivery brought a storm of controversy from rural residents who were furious the service would no longer be available. Many senior citizens com- plained they often could not get into town in winter to pick up “With all the safety concerns, we could not come to a mutual agreement about rural routes," said Scott Lewis, the Greater Toronto Area spokesperson for Canada Post. “We hope the temporary mailboxes will be only tempo- Rural mailboxes were moved to community mailboxes, usu- ally at the end of roads. In early 2006, a decision to assess and cease rural Canada Post mail delivery was handed down by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). Since the decision, more than 2,000 concerns were raised and 40 human resources rulings were brought against Canada Post over the safety of rural carriers. mail in his new mailbox. Franka Veen Mitchurchâ€"Stouï¬ï¬rille resident at. the Markham Museum y )cw’nls managvn! “I understand you can’t expect rural mail everywhere,†Mr. Temelkovski said. “But don’t stop delivery to everyone because of that one place.†It used tobea40km/h stretch between Hwy. 48 and Kennedy Road. Now, it’s a ï¬ve or six-lane thoroughfare with high speeds and overflowing traflic. But there are some places that were once rural and now, because of population growth, rural mail delivery is quite diï¬icult. Major MacKenzie Drive is a prime example. Solutions proposed in Mr. Temelkovsld's 2006 bill included having a second carrier sit on the passenger side of the delivery vehicle, introducing right-sided vehicles or assessing each mail- box on its own instead of cancel- ling the entire mail route. Canada Post has equipped each mail car- rier with flashing amber lights and car signs. mail because of weather or poor health. 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