Will Amazon keep the post office alive?

Canada Post promotion, Burrard and West Georgia, Vancouver, BC

These charming folks were in downtown Vancouver last week. With Canada Post's FlexDelivery service you can arrange to get your packages delivered to an address other than your home, and thus keep your Christmas deliveries a secret.

It is interesting that flexible package delivery is a big selling point for Canada Post after it just announced that all door-to-door mail delivery was being cancelled. For bills and junk mail there are lots of electronic alternatives, but for a package from Amazon there is no alternative to the real thing.