The appellants, private couriers providing outbound international mail services, appealed a motion judge's decision interpreting s. 14 of the Canada Post Corporation Act.
The motion judge held that Canada Post's exclusive privilege of 'collecting, transmitting and delivering letters' applies to any one or more of those activities within Canada, including for letters destined abroad.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the French version of the statute clearly granted an exclusive privilege for each activity independently.
The Court rejected the appellants' argument that the activities constituted a single indivisible process, noting that such an interpretation would conflict with other provisions of the Act.
