Canada Post Corporation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-10)

Marginal note:Objects

• 5 (1) The objects of the Corporation are

  • (a) to establish and operate a postal service for the collection, transmission and delivery of messages, information, funds and goods both within Canada and between Canada and places outside Canada;

  • (b) to manufacture and provide such products and to provide such services as are, in the opinion of the Corporation, necessary or incidental to the postal service provided by the Corporation; and

  • (c) to provide to or on behalf of departments and agencies of, and corporations owned, controlled or operated by, the Government of Canada or any provincial, regional or municipal government in Canada or to any person services that, in the opinion of the Corporation, are capable of being conveniently provided in the course of carrying out the other objects of the Corporation.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) While maintaining basic customary postal service, the Corporation, in carrying out its objects, shall have regard to

  • (a) the desirability of improving and extending its products and services in the light of developments in the field of communications;

  • (b) the need to conduct its operations on a self-sustaining financial basis while providing a standard of service that will meet the needs of the people of Canada and that is similar with respect to communities of the same size;

  • (c) the need to conduct its operations in such manner as will best provide for the security of mail;

  • (d) the desirability of utilizing the human resources of the Corporation in a manner that will both attain the objects of the Corporation and ensure the commitment and dedication of its employees to the attainment of those objects; and

  • (e) the need to maintain a corporate identity program approved by the Governor in Council that reflects the role of the Corporation as an institution of the Government of Canada.