Community newspaper publishers need fair rates and quality service from Canada PostBy Lethbridge Herald on July 29, 2026.BUSINESS WIRECommunity newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer. Canada Post recently consolidated its stranglehold on the flyer distribution market by offering lower rates to the country’s dominant flyer printer than to community newspaper publishers. Publishers have seen a sudden and significant drop in flyer revenue, which has traditionally covered the door-to-door delivery cost of the majority of the 9 million community newspapers distributed each week across Canada. “We are asking Minister Joël Lightbound, the Minister Responsible for Canada Post, to direct Canada Post to offer newspapers fair and reasonable postage rates and quality service,” said Benoit Chartier, President, Hebdos Québec. “Canada Post enjoys a statutory monopoly but has been abusing that privilege to stamp out competition in the flyer distribution market for years,” said Paul Deegan, chief executive officer of News Media Canada.