Canada Post Strike

bob the dog

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Canada Post loses $10 million per day. Province of Ontario spends $30.7 billion per year on public education, Manitoba Hydro is $25 billion in debt.

There is a common theme. Poor management and prioritization of wages and benefits over productivity.
 
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Ron in Regina

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That’s CBC levels of government handouts here, & the CBC even with its low viewership, is still on the air providing whatever service it provides.
When does the strike begin? It already has.

The union representing 55,000 postal workers says it was caught off-guard by the government's changes and argued Canada Post and the government are creating the conditions that drive down demand for its letter and parcel services?

Earlier this month, the union rejected the government's offer of a 13 per cent pay increase, saying it fell short of the union's demand for 19 per cent.
So $1,628 million / by 41.652 million people is just shy of $100/person annually for every man/woman/child/zim/Zee/Zir & the other 66 Genders regardless of whether they use the mail system or not, & then if they do utilize it, it’s a cost above and beyond that. Good times.
Canada Post said in a statement that no mail or parcels will be processed or delivered during the strike, and service guarantees for items already in the mail are suspended.

"No new items will be accepted until the national disruption (?) is over," it wrote.

(Canada Post will continue to deliver government benefit cheques — including Old Age Security, the Canada Child Benefit and the Canada Pension Plan — as well as live animals during the strike)

It says all mail and parcels already in the postal network will be secured and delivered as quickly as possible once operations resume.
 

petros

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When does the strike begin? It already has.

The union representing 55,000 postal workers says it was caught off-guard by the government's changes and argued Canada Post and the government are creating the conditions that drive down demand for its letter and parcel services?

Earlier this month, the union rejected the government's offer of a 13 per cent pay increase, saying it fell short of the union's demand for 19 per cent.

Canada Post said in a statement that no mail or parcels will be processed or delivered during the strike, and service guarantees for items already in the mail are suspended.

"No new items will be accepted until the national disruption (?) is over," it wrote.

(Canada Post will continue to deliver government benefit cheques — including Old Age Security, the Canada Child Benefit and the Canada Pension Plan — as well as live animals during the strike)

It says all mail and parcels already in the postal network will be secured and delivered as quickly as possible once operations resume.
I want a 20% raise too. It would barely cover my antihistamine bill during harvest but it'll help.
 
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Dixie Cup

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In terms of parcels, the percentage Canada Post delivered had shrunk to around 24 per cent, dramatically down from the 62 per cent of parcel delivery it enjoyed back in 2019.

Lightbound explained that the drop in service demands means that Canada Post is losing about $10 million each day and facing a future where billions in government bailouts are the only option to keep it afloat. In the second quarter of 2025, it lost $407 million.

Transitioning the country’s remaining four million individual addresses to a community mailbox system would happen over the next nine years, with the bulk of the work happening in the next three to four years, the minister said. He added that options would be available for seniors and those facing mobility issues.
One can request that the mail be made to the home. My neighbour actually had home delivery because he was elderly & walking was too dangerous for him to go to the community mailbox. If I'm not mistaken tho' it came once a week to the house. He's since passed but it is possible now to make the request.