The regional district board has a problem with Canada Post.
Chief Administrative Office Bill Newell suggested to the board at the regular meeting September 5 that the regional district would be “Stepping up the campaign” to have unaddressed ad mail from the regionial district delivered to all mail boxes, including those Canada Post customers who do not wish unaddressed ad mail.
The regional district often uses the service to send advisories to residents regarding such things as water quality and boil water notices. The issue came to light earlier this year when roughly half of Olalla residents claimed not to have received a boil water notice.
“We’ve had discussions with Canada Post over the years,” Newell said, “but they have refused to deliver unaddressed ad mail based on the wishes of their customers.”
Area “D” Director Tom Siddon suggested that the regional district look at alternate services, as it appeared that rural mail services could be in danger of closing. He noted that the regional district was looking for an exemption in the unadressed ad mail policy from Canada Post.
Olalla (Area”G”) Director Angelique Wood noted that the regional district had also sent notices as addressed mail to Olalla residents, where it was reported that half of the residents still reported that they did not receive the notice.