Negotiations between Canada Post and the postal workers union were still on hold as of Monday afternoon, but both sides said they were working to get back to the table.
Canada Post said it is awaiting a response from the union after it presented a new model for negotiations over the weekend. The Canadian Postal Workers Union said it had made some “adjustments” to the company’s proposal “in hopes that he will restart the mediation process.”
“As of now, we have not received any communication from the mediator regarding reopening, but the union is ready,” he said. statement read.
The corporation said Sunday that the plan includes proposals to bring more flexibility to Canada Post’s delivery model and signals “movement on other important issues” in the labor dispute.
The government appointed a mediator to help the two sides reach an agreement, but the mediator put talks on hold last week after deciding the two sides were too far apart on key issues to find agreement.
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Labor Minister Stephen McKinnon said in a post on X Sunday that it is the duty and responsibility of both countries to speak with both sides and “resolve our differences in a dispute that affects so many Canadians.” He said it reminded him of.
He said mediation would only resume “if the special mediator receives clear evidence that the parties have sufficiently revised their positions.”
Tens of thousands of postal workers walked off the job on November 15, halting letter and package deliveries at the start of the year-end shipping season. As the strike enters its third week, the U.S. Postal Service has stopped accepting mail destined for Canada for the time being.
Please be careful of email scams
Equifax Canada and the Better Business Bureau are also warning Canadians about email scams.
The former said there has been an “exponential” increase in fraud attempts, from phishing emails to deepfake phone calls, since the strike began.
“Any time there’s a big political event, a big strike, you’re going to see an increase in cases,” said Octavia Howell, chief information security officer at Equifax Canada.
“Not only is there a Canada Post strike…we’re on vacation.”
A two-week Canada Post strike has left many packages in limbo during the Black Friday shopping event, leaving many Canadians with no choice but to increase their spending on private carriers as Christmas approaches. has few options.
Howell said there is a typical uptick in parcel and delivery-related scams around this time of year in conjunction with online shopping orders, but with Canada Post’s outage, fraud is likely to increase amid shipping confusion. It is said that there are
Comprehensive numbers on the latest wave of fraud are not yet available from Equifax Canada, but the credit bureau’s daily internal updates nonetheless show an increase.
Instead of the roughly six consumer fraud reports each day that had previously been increasing, Equifax Canada’s investigative team is now filing “up to 87 reports per day from the same IP address.” Mr. Howell said.
She called the trend “insidious.”
“We’re actually seeing a sharp increase in the number of scams that are happening because one day is a holiday and two days people can’t get their bags out,” she said.
The Better Business Bureau has warned the public to “be wary of fake package delivery offers during the Canada Post strike.”
The magazine advised potential victims to check delivery services, avoid unsolicited delivery offers from little-known companies, and check for certification by authorities before choosing a service.
It also noted that scammers may send fake messages impersonating Canada Post or other carriers requesting payment for undelivered items or offering “priority service.”
“Do not click on links in unsolicited emails or text messages. Instead, visit the courier service’s official website for the latest information,” the agency said.
Canada Post said it will not contact users via text or email about deliveries unless notification is requested.
The corporation is asking Canadians to be on the lookout for telltale signs of phishing and fraud, such as bad grammar, images that don’t match the Canada Post logo, and tracking numbers that don’t match the standard format.
