Overview
- Canada Post said it will proceed after the federal government directed a transformation to keep the service from relying on taxpayer bailouts.
- About four million addresses that still get mail at the door will shift to community, apartment, or rural mailboxes over several years, with most conversions expected in the first three to four years of a timeline that could run up to nine.
- Ottawa will let Canada Post change delivery standards for non‑urgent letters by moving more mail by ground instead of air to reflect lower volumes.
- The plan also targets the retail network, allowing some post offices to close or be converted, and Canada Post has not disclosed how many jobs or locations could be affected.
- Canada Post has begun consulting the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, and the union said the timing is wrong and criticized the lack of transparency about the full plan.