Whereas Canada Posts Neighbourhood Mail unaddressed bulk mail was a cost effective program that allowed local governments and regional districts to mail notices to residents within their boundary; And whereas changes to the program now see unaddressed bulk mail going to precision targeted areas that are no longer aligned with local government and regional district boundaries; And whereas the changes result in properties outside of the local government receiving unaddressed bulk mail that are not relevant to them, and to higher costs for local governments and regional districts conducting these mail outs: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge Canada Post to continue to allow neighbourhood mail unaddressed bulk mail to be delivered only to properties within the local government and regional district boundary.
Canada Post At the outset, I want to emphasize that Canada Post values its relationship with UBCM as well as with all municipalities, regional districts and First Nations across British Columbia. Given your concerns, I have shared your letter with our Commercial Mail team, and they have assured me that while there have been no recent changes to our Neighbourhood Mail service, your concern is valuable feedback for us. Thank you for the opportunity to share with you our direct mail services. Canada Post offers three direct mail options through our Smartmail Marketing program: - Neighbourhood Mail: delivers to every mailbox on a postal route average 500-700 addresses - Postal Code Targeting: uses postal code data to target and define boundaries at the postal code level - Personalized Mail: delivers to individual addresses from a personalized mailing list Our data services team can help you meet your direct mail targeting needs by providing custom boundaries. Canada Post does not have access to your municipal boundary information, but we can help you with a cost-effective solution. To help your members make the most of the solutions available to target specific routes, postal codes and addresses within identified boundaries, I invite them to contact our Data Solutions Centre directly at 1.877.281.4137.