Evaluation study of the Postal Subsidies Program.: Co24-3/4-1-1986E-PDF

"The Concessionary Rate Postal Subsidy Program has been in place since shortly after Confederation. The total cost to the government of the Program is currently $220 million per year, of which an estimated $170 million is provided through an "infrastructure payment" allocated by Canada Post. DOC contributes additional funds which make up the estimated difference between the actual revenue received by Canada Post and what it would receive if publishers paid commercial rates. … This evaluation focused on the potential effects on newspapers and periodicals of reductions or elimination of the Program. A variety of sources and methodologies were used: surveys and case studies were used to reach readers, advertisers and publishers; time-series analysis was used to investigate industry-level trends over the past ten years: the postal subsidy reduction experience of the United States was studied. In addition to this new work, information from a number of earlier studies was used in the evaluation"--Executive summary, page i.

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