When I heard that postage might be raised to a dollar, I wondered if Canada Post might reinstate a practice they offered about 20 years ago: reduced rate Christmas stamps for Christmas cards, because if postage is so high, no one will send cards any more...then Hallmark and Carlton won't profit and a box of cards will then cost $40, which no one will buy, so the paper producers will not profit, which forces them to increase the price of school loose-leaf packs which will sky rocket from 79 cents to $5, which moms won't pay, so children will not be able to complete schoolwork and will suffer failing grades, which means they will drop out of school, causing a shortage of skilled labor, which will create havoc on the economy, and families will have no choice but to curtail vacation trips to far and remote lands which is probably for the best since no one can afford to send a post card anyway!
(Stamps were later actually only (only!!) raised to 85 cents from 63. I wonder if it was never intended to be raised to a dollar, but that figure was tossed about so there would be relief rather than shock at the 22 cent jump.)
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