U.S. Postal Service Cuts Service to Canada

With the anticipation that the Canada Post labour dispute will last another week, the U.S. Postal Service will cut off mail to Canada starting Saturday.

In a statement released on Friday, the United States Postal Service said it would “suspend accepting mail destined to Canada” starting Saturday at 11:59 central daylight time, due to the expectation that the labour dispute between Canada Post and its workers will last at least into next week. Once Canada Post resumes operations, the U.S. Postal Service will begin accepting mail for Canada again. 50,000 Canada Post workers were locked out on Tuesday, with operations being suspended across the country. The Conservative government has let it be known that it will introduce back-to-work legislation next week if Canada Post and its union workers cannot work out an agreement beforehand.