_ Pert Coquitlam city council has succumbed to Canada Post on
-supemailboxes.' ae
And Alan Comal! — who waits for periods of 21 days for his mail
even though he resides in PoCo's plush Citadel Estates — welcomes
the surrender.
"We've waved the white flag," Mayor Len Traboulay announced

at Monday's council meeting.

"Port Coquitlam will still be actively involved in what Canada

ost calls the ‘normal municipal concems’ . . . but the city's ongoing

negotiations with Canada Post regarding the installation of super-
mailboxes . . . has come to a conclusion.”

The city has negotiated with Canada Post for over.18 months try-
ing to draft a suitable arrangement that would allow “citizen com-
plaints over supermailbox locations ta be effective,” but Canada
Post was "unwilling," he added.

Meanwhile during negotiations and along with many other resi-
dents, Alan Cornail couldn't get his mail. .

Canada Post refused to issue him one of 300 mailboxes located on

Citadel Drive; he couldn't obtain a box at the post office, and so filed
in line daily along with other time-pressed commuters to collect his
mail from the general delivery counter.

"I've been getting mail that's 21 days old," Cornali told the NOW
Dec. 1.

Meanwhile, city staff recorded receiving a number of calls from
residents who were apparently informed by Canada Post that they
weren't getting their mail delivery because PoCo council was “hold-
ing up the installation of the mailboxes," municipal engineer Tony
Chong noted in a memo.

Aldermen George Laking and Mike Gates were in harmony about
the tenor of their negotiations with Canada Post.

“The key word is ‘negotiate’ and we have been able to negotiaic
absolutely nothing with Canada Post," Gates said.

There is no way anyone can hegouate with Canada Post, Laking
added.

"It doesn't matter how many times
time to quit

you meet with them . .. it's
-.. We're wasting our time.* to