library books should be shipped entirely at taxpayers' costs, at no cost to the library at all, and it doesn't matter if canada post runs at a loss to do that. the problem in front of us is this utterly idiotic idea that canada post should be profitable. canada post should not be profitable, it *should* run at a loss; that is the reason we have a publicly owned post system, and why it was determined as a necessary government function in a working society several hundred years ago.
removing publicly owned mail delivery is a giant step on the road back to free market feudalism.