Has Canada Post asked you to receive junk mail again?

Have you received this letter?

Apparently Canada Post is reaching out to Canadians who have begged out of receiving junk mail like flyers and coupons and asking them to... instead receive the junk mail.

CBC's Metro Morning radio host Matt Galloway tweeted out a photograph of a letter he received that had been addressed to "occupant," but still managed to subvert his request not to receive junk mail.

"Your address is part of Canada Posts' Consumers' Choice database as a result of having a 'no flyer' notice on your mailbox," the letter reads.

"This means you are currently not receiving unaddressed mail delivered by Canada Post that your neighbours are receiving. This includes mail that can save you money and keep you connected with your local community."

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The letter goes on to urge the occupant remove the notice from the mailbox and reach out to be added back onto the junk mail list.

Set aside the fact that Canada Post seems to be remaining purposely obtuse to the reason someone might not want to receive junk mail.

It seems the letter is a bid to reload the mailing list that receives junk mail, a profitable side job tasked to those kind folks who deliver letters sent to us from our grandparents. I've reached out to Canada Post for comment about the size and scope of this campaign.

This bizarre move comes as the mail industry sees a reduction to the volume of actual mail it delivers. Yahoo! Finance's Jennifer Kwan wrote last month that Canada Post lost money in 2011 after 16 years of turning a profit. A report suggest the Crown corporation will lose $1 billion a year by 2020 if it didn't find a way to replace the revenue lost from private mail.

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And earlier this month we noted that Canada Post was moving mail sorting facilities out of small communities, which will result in less-timely deliveries.

So with less people using Canada Post to deliver actual mail, it seems that the service is looking to dig deeper into the junk mail business. Is this an appropriate role for Canada Post to embrace?