Dear Editor
I recently read the story about the man whose parcel was left at his front door by Canada Post and a woman on the street saw it and stole it.
I had a similar experience. I sent a parcel by Canada Post to my sister in Saskatoon, but she didn’t receive it. I tracked the parcel online and found out it had been delivered on a day that my sister was not home. No card was left in her mailbox for her to pick up the parcel at the local post office.
I called Canada Post to trace the parcel. I was told the parcel carrier probably did a “safe drop,” meaning the parcel was left in what the carrier considered a “safe place.” My sister lives in an apartment building where there is no such thing as a safe place to leave a parcel or anything else.
I was also told the “do not safe drop” box was not checked off so the carrier had this option. I was not asked about “safe drop” when I mailed the parcel so I had no idea this practice existed. In the past the carrier always left a card in my sister’s mailbox if she wasn’t home to accept the delivery.
My option now appears to be to pay extra for a signature to ensure the parcel is delivered to the person to whom the parcel is addressed and not just left in the building.
As far as I am concerned, delivering a parcel to a building rather than to the apartment in the address does not constitute proper delivery of a parcel. Canada Post seems to be taking an easy option rather than actually doing the job it is supposed to do.
Shirley Mansfield, New Westminster
