Overview

• Mail and parcel processing is paused nationwide during the strike, with socio‑economic cheques continuing to be delivered.
• The government accepted an inquiry’s recommendations to expand community mailboxes, relax delivery standards to three to seven days, and permit some rural post office closures.
• About four million addresses are slated to be converted from home delivery over the next decade, with most conversions targeted within three to four years.
• Canada Post reports losses of about $10 million per day, a $407 million second‑quarter loss, and parcel market share near 24 percent.
• The postal workers’ union denounces the changes as a threat to jobs and universal service, while business groups urge a rapid return to bargaining to limit economic disruption.