Weyburn is on the list of communities to lose their door-to-door delivery service and community post office.

The only thing stopping that from happening is a moratorium put in place by the Federal Liberal Government shortly after they formed government. The government promised during campaigning to restore door-to-door service but have ordered a review of Canada Post. The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) completed its review recently and presented the government with new recommendations. The report included dozens of recommendations, including restoring door-to-door service to all communities who lost it after August 3, 2015 and maintaining the government's moratorium on post office closures.

Kerri Arnott-Thirsk, president of local Canadian Union of Postal Workers 853, said residents can voice their concerns.

"If the community wants to be involved in this, they can send a letter to minister Judy Foote, who is responsible for Canada Post. They can write her a letter stating that they support the recommendation to restore door-to-door delivery," said Arnott-Thirsk. 

The union would also like to see the post office expand its services to include, among many things, banking services, medication and food delivery, checking on seniors. Union representatives said many of their letter carriers already check on residents along their route who may be at risk to make sure they are ok but there is opportunity to make it an official service option which could be better regulated and provide more revenue for Canada Post. Japan already has a model for this service.

The argument for ending door-to-door delivery for many communities when the transition began was that it was too costly.

"It's an important, vital public service and it is a public service success story. Canada Post has been successful and 20 out of the last 22 years has profited and given money back to the government and put money into the public purse," said Arnott-Thirsk.

Canada Post is the biggest retail network in the country, even larger than Tim Hortons. There are 6,300 post offices in Canada, compared to 3,468 Tim Hortons.