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Internet Rumour: Canada Post Sets the Record Straight

Sept. 26, 2005

Canada Post wants to inform Canadians that an Internet rumour about plans for a five-cent charge to be applied by Canada Post to every email message is entirely fictitious and has no basis in fact. The rumour, an unqualified hoax, first started circulating on the Internet in 1999 and has been resurfacing ever since in people's electronic mailboxes. Similar hoaxes have circulated in the U.S. and in Australia.

Any message suggesting that Canada Post and the federal government would benefit from a five-cent tax on every email delivered once legislation is pushed through the House of Commons is false and unfounded. "The Liberal Member of Parliament, the Bill and the Toronto Lawyer named in the item do not exist," says Robert Waite, Senior vice-president, Communications and Stakeholder Relations at Canada Post.

Canada Post is forever looking for better and more secure ways to deliver messaging to its customers, whether using traditional means or providing electronic services that are designed to meet the requirements of regular or business customers who travel the Internet. For more information about Canada Post's electronic services, please visit the Products and Services section on Canada Post's Internet site at www.canadapost.ca.

For further information, please contact:
François Legault
Canada Post
(613) 734-8888
françois.legault@canadapost.ca