Overview

• The federal directive lifts moratoriums on converting home delivery to community mailboxes and on closing or repurposing rural post offices.
• About one quarter of addresses — roughly 4 million — will shift to community mailboxes, which Ottawa estimates could save close to $400 million a year.
• Delivery standards for non-urgent letter mail will move from two to four days to a range of three to seven business days as items travel by ground instead of air.
• Canada Post must file an implementation plan within 45 days that details timelines and expected impacts on workers.
• The changes come during a protracted dispute with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with new offers due Sept. 26 and the carrier reporting a $407 million quarterly loss and more than $5 billion in losses since 2018.