Cheques will no longer be in the mail as federal government moves to direct deposit

duckworth

- April 13, 2012 at 19:39:52

ME...........a chocolate bar or gum costs more than a letter is to mail.Could have e mailed it then or try bringing back the carrier pidgeon. As far as we know the stage mail coach is not in use anymore. Its 2012 Everythings going up.

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yepp

- April 12, 2012 at 12:40:26

ITS ALSO A GREAT WINFALL FOR THE BANKS WHO CAN CHIP AWAY AT IT WITH REDICULOUS BANKING FEES

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Ulfric

- April 12, 2012 at 12:20:55

Eventually all Mailmen will deliver is fliers and collections letters. Then they will have no power to strike.

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Townie

- April 12, 2012 at 09:33:08

This is an excellent idea. The cost savings of paper, ink, envelopes, stamps, machinery/people to stuff the envelopes, it goes on and on. All this will save time, money and even more importantly the environment. Plus people will get their money sooner as they won't have to wait for Canada Post to deliver it. If your paranoid about banks, then you can go to the bank and withdraw it immediately. You'd have to go cash it anyways. ~The Original Townie

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Shirley

- April 12, 2012 at 09:30:38

Just keep your fingers crossed that there will be money left to have a cheque deposited to our accounts each month.

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Justine Thyme

- April 12, 2012 at 05:44:18

Forcing you to have a bank account?? Keep your money under your mattress then, makes it easier for someone else to steal it from you. Foolishness. This will save money, speed up services and benefit many, including trees. Can we really find something negative in this? Really??

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  Ann

  - April 12, 2012 at 12:48:34

  Justine, what money am I keeping under my mattress? Like a lot of people in this day and age there is little left after paying rent, bills, gas, and groceries. Anything left over usually fits in a piggy bank and God help the fool who risks breaking in for that pitance because he must need it more than me. Direct deposit is great for those it works for and that is why it should remain a CHOICE.

oh reALly

- April 11, 2012 at 21:52:03

Having a bank account is now mandated by the government. The final nail in the coffin of financial sovereignty.

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  C

  - April 12, 2012 at 00:38:56

  I am sure "exceptional circumstances" covers people who do not have bank accounts. Cause really, in 2012 who doesn't have a bank account? I do understand why someone would not want to have a bank account, don't get me wrong on that.

Ann

- April 11, 2012 at 21:45:15

First our government forces the public to use internet to access forms, services, and information that we use to have access to by mail. Then they changed television transmission regulations so the public has to have cable in order to access networks we used to watch for free like CBC & CTV. Now they are forcing the public to have an active bank account. This is OUR money the government is issuing to us, they should not be able to force us to receive payment by direct deposit only. I'm sure internet service providers, cable providers, and banks are reaping huge benefits from all these changes. Kinda makes me wonder what they are giving our government in return... Big brother just keeps getting bigger.

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  Ed

  - April 12, 2012 at 08:05:57

  How can anyone in this day and age not have a bank account? Most employers insist on pay direct deposit. If it really is your (our) money, you would think that you would be interested in saving $17 Million a year instead of "the cheque is in the mail".

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  Harper Hater

  - April 12, 2012 at 09:32:58

  Well said Ann. And yes, it's starting to get a little unnerving. He's destroying everything we stand for.

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  Townie

  - April 12, 2012 at 11:13:50

  To Harper Hater, What do you stand for? The decimation of trees? The frivolous wasting of money that could be spent elsewhere or just plain not spent? Those are the only things being destroyed by this move. ~The Original Townie

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  Ann

  - April 12, 2012 at 12:57:51

  to Ed- You assume that anyone in receipt of a government cheque is employed. Most government cheques still being sent by mail are probably pension and old age, or disability. Not all of these people can leave their homes, or only get out when they have help. I know my uncle, before he passed away, would have someone collect his mail. He then signed the cheque at home, and gave that trusted family member the cheque to cash so they could go pay his bills and do his groceries. No bank account needed.

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  Ed

  - April 13, 2012 at 20:04:32

  ANN- First, I din't assume anything. Secondly, you make a very convoluted argument.Your uncle gets his cheque in the mail,( annual cost of cheques $17Million), a trusted relative takes it to the BANK, where it should have been in the first place. Most, if not all major banks have no fee chequing for senior citizens.The best argument I have heard from seniors is that they like to see their cheque and hold it in their hands as if direct deposit was some kind of smoke and mirrors. This is 2012, not 1912.

ME

- April 11, 2012 at 19:12:50

Totally agree re this direct deposit...I am still wondering where my mail is from the strike last June because when it was over I expected a bunch of mail and never got it. I am also pissed off with stamps cost going up. I recently enclosed a recipe card that was folded over in a letter, and because of that it cost me double to post the letter. So the post office really ticks me off as they are way overcharging. I am delighted with this decision regarding direct deposit.

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  YEPP

  - April 12, 2012 at 12:45:44

  MAYBE YOU DIDNT GET ANY MAIL BECAUSE THERE WAS A STRIKE SO NOBODY SENT YOU ANY MAIL