If you can jam it through the slot to make it a international light packet you're okay for price. I believe the slot is 1.5cm? Maybe 2?

As for bizarre and slow, yeah, sending something to Kingston (once again, about three hours drive) was a 5 buisiness day affair.

Also, get this, I can send an envelope back to nearly Ottawa, about a five to six hour drive and it gets there in three days. If my family sends me a package, traveling the same distance going the opposite way it's 6 or 7...

I think it's likely cut backs. Mail is likely traveling further to go to sorting stations and taking strange routes there. I know Toronto has a huge sorting station, I wouldn't be surprised if mail coming from Ottawa doesn't get bounced around to a couple different sorts before it gets sent on to T.O.

It could also be that they are just hauling mail less. For instance, cutting out one truckload a day out of the big sorting stations or something...

Honestly though, it was not always this bad.

I think we need to bring back mail cars with teams of balding middle aged men in glasses sorting mail via transit.