Stamp rip-off:

Surely the web message to the effect that the government might be increasing postage stamp prices is a bad joke.

Might be?? Postage stamp costs have quietly been doubled in the last couple of years. The Liberal administration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa is not shy when it comes to ripping off Canadians who prefer not to use electronic mail.

Of course, this affects the seniors segment of Canadians geared to doing their correspondence as they always have.

The postage stamps business is probably the best example of how good the Ottawa bureaucracy is at managing an operation. Stamps, which used to be a nickel, reduced to two cents during the Christmas card season, are now more than a dollar each.

Apparently, young Trudeau thinks ripping off the seniors is relatively safe. They are too unorganized to complain. There's no Seniors Lib or Seniors Against Everything militia in Canada's steadily growing senior segment. At least not yet, thank God. 

We can only hope the old folks will take the opportunity to show what they think in October..