Canada Post Resumes Operations After Strike, Prioritizes Santa Letters

The month-long postal workers' strike ends, but Canadians face delays as mail backlogs are cleared and commercial services restart.

Canada Post workers returned to their jobs on Tuesday following a federal order to end the month-long strike involving over 55,000 employees.
Mail and parcels are being processed on a first-in, first-out basis, with delivery delays expected through January due to significant backlogs.
Commercial mail services have resumed, and new international mail will be accepted starting December 23 as operations gradually stabilize.
Letters to Santa mailed by December 23 will reach the North Pole by Christmas, but Santa will not be able to respond this year due to time constraints.
The government has appointed an industrial inquiry commission to provide recommendations by May 15 for resolving labor disputes, with existing contracts extended to May 22.