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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Canada Post union launches nationwide strike as government moves to end most door-to-door mail

Canada Mail Service - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers on Thursday declared a countrywide strike at the national postal service, hours after the federal government announced that door-to-door mail delivery would end for nearly all households within the next decade.

Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced sweeping changes aimed at shoring up Canada Post’s finances in response to a decline in letter mail and the government corporation’s small share of the parcel market.

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