I confess that I have, over the years, contributed to the decline of Canada Post.

I haven’t sent Christmas cards in years.

I rarely send letters, except for business reasons, or to the Canada Revenue Agency.

I have, by and large, turned to e-mail and especially text messaging for much of my communication.

But I still enjoy receiving a letter.

I like reading magazines which come through the mail.

I see that Canada Post is taking about 1000 of the old red letterboxes out of service to cut costs as fewer and fewer pieces of mail flow through them. I've recently moved most of my bills and statements to electronic delivery and pay everything either online or by pre-authorized chequing.