Strategic review imminent for Canada Post?

The Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) has told its members in a bulletin that it expects the federal government next week to announce a panel to conduct a strategic review of Canada Post. This is interesting, coming on the heels of Canadian Heritage's proposals to consider funding of alternative delivery. And in light of word that the European Union, after 16 years of study and discussion has finished drafting legislation that would fully liberalize the European postal sector. Under the legislation, EU members states would be required to end their domestic mail monopolies and fully open postal markets for competition by 2010. If the Canada Post monopoly goes the same way, there are huge implications for alternative delivery of magazines.