Canada Post fully shut down cross country

[ImportXxX]

Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul

Hmm... I have a couple packages waiting for me to pick up at my local post office, which is inside a Shopper's Drug Mart... I guess that means they're closed too. Damn.

shopper's drug mart post office is independently own. If your packages is in thre, pretty sure you can go pick it up.

[!LittleDragon]

Anyone know of any alternatives to Canada Post? I'm on the verge of cancelling some ebay auctions because I don't want to eat the cost of shipping things out by courier.

[Amuse]

Originally Posted by !LittleDragon

Anyone know of any alternatives to Canada Post? I'm on the verge of cancelling some ebay auctions because I don't want to eat the cost of shipping things out by courier.

Go to the nearest USPS in the States.

[StylinRed]

Originally Posted by !LittleDragon

Anyone know of any alternatives to Canada Post? I'm on the verge of cancelling some ebay auctions because I don't want to eat the cost of shipping things out by courier.

edit/change your auctions to ups/fedex only

[InvisibleSoul]

Originally Posted by ImportXxX

shopper's drug mart post office is independently own. If your packages is in thre, pretty sure you can go pick it up.

Hmm, cool... I'll definitely go check.

[monkeywrench]

Guess I'm screwed either way? Had something ordered through USPS. Where will my package end up going to?

[Slifer]

Any idea how long it'll last? I'm waiting for an important mail..

[jeedee]

Originally Posted by EVOX

Guess I'm screwed either way? Had something ordered through USPS. Where will my package end up going to?

All USPS packages that are cleared by customs get picked up by CanadaPost to be delivered to you.

..Meaning you'll have to wait till this ends to get your package.

[nubtub]

Originally Posted by Slifer

Any idea how long it'll last? I'm waiting for an important mail..

Was out earlier having dinner with friends and heard on the tv that the government is forcing Canada Post to continue operations because it is "hurting" our economy. They said expect them to start sometime next week.

[sKyLinekc]

Hmm... is it possible to pick up your packages before it reaches Canada? Cause USPS probably has to bring it somewhere before the border before it is taken to Canadian Customs right? at the rate this is going at I'd rather drive down myself

[ImportXxX]

Originally Posted by sKyLinekc

Hmm... is it possible to pick up your packages before it reaches Canada? Cause USPS probably has to bring it somewhere before the border before it is taken to Canadian Customs right? at the rate this is going at I'd rather drive down myself

you still have to go through canada custom anyways if you were to bring it back..

[snowball]

I saw mailpeople and canada post trucks driving around today

[jeedee]

Checked my mailbox a couple of minutes ago

Still no mail or stanley cup patch

[optiblue]

my mailbox is a desert!

[terryjai]

my work is taking a big time hit.....we get mail everyday...n now i don't even have 1 and it's been a week

[sKyLinekc]

Originally Posted by ImportXxX

you still have to go through canada custom anyways if you were to bring it back..

but I'd only have to drive through and it wouldn't have to take another 10 years

[rexsomnii]

if i wanted to get something from ebay. would there be any chance of it being returned to their own country? like hk iphone 3g digitizer.

[quasi]

Feds will send them back to work sooner then later.

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...ockout-110615/

Date: Wed. Jun. 15 2011 8:55 PM ET

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said "an erosion" at the bargaining table between Canada Post and its union forced the government to serve notice it will table back-to-work legislation if the two sides can't reach a deal.

Raitt had previously said she preferred to see Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers come to a negotiated settlement.

But after Canada Post locked out its 48,000 urban postal workers late Tuesday, Raitt said the "drastic" move forced her to reassess the impact on the Canadian public and the economy.

"What it comes down to is we've got two parties, the union and Canada Post, that have been at the table for a very, very long period of time," Raitt told CTV's Power Play Wednesday evening. "What we've been seeing in the past last 11 days is just an erosion at the table."

Raitt added: "As you know…(the government has) a strong mandate from Canadians to have an economic recovery that works and to work on it, and this is an important piece of it as well. The harm to the third parties, especially the small businesses, is of great concern and we acted appropriately today."

On Tuesday, the government issued a similar warning to striking Air Canada staff.

Raitt told Power Play the company pension is one of the main sticking points for both Canada Post and the union, as well as Air Canada and its union, and there has been little movement by either side on the issue.

At the end of the day, Raitt said, the government respects the collective bargaining process, but it must also consider third parties that suffer from work stoppages.

"There's a point in time where the innocent third parties affected," Raitt said. "It's one thing to withhold your services to a company in order to make them hurt economically so that they come back to the table. It's quite another thing to withhold services from the Canadian public so that they cause an economic difficulty for the entire nation in order to get their way. And that's just not acceptable."

Raitt urged Canada Post and CUPW to use the next 48 hours to "get to the table and do a deal."

Opposition critics say the government is going against traditional labour practices, where an agreement is eventually hashed out at the bargaining table.

And NDP MP Yvon Godin accused the postal service of "creating a crisis" by locking out workers, forcing the government to act.

Responding to reports that Raitt would use legislation to end the strike, union president Denis Lemelin said it was not a step that CUPW would agree with.

But he said the union's focus was on securing a meeting with Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra.

Lemelin said Chopra should reinstate the prior contract agreement, which could be used while the two sides continue negotiating.

Earlier Wednesday, Lemelin said Canada Post's decision to shut down its urban operations across the country was "totally irresponsible."

Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said the lockout was not something the corporation wanted to do.

"While we'd hoped to avoid a disruption to service to Canadians, we feel we can't continue to let this drag on," Hamilton told The Canadian Press in an interview.

"It's having a huge impact on the business, it's having a huge impact on our customers and our employees and the time is now to get a deal with the union."

A statement issued by Canada Post late Tuesday said "a lockout is the best way to bring a timely resolution to this impasse and force the union to seriously consider the proposals that address the declining mail volumes and the $3.2-billion pension deficit."

Canada Post maintains that it has been forced to stop its urban mail services in the face of the rotating strikes that have raged for nearly two weeks, costing the corporation an estimated $100 million in revenue.

[jeedee]

Originally Posted by rexsomnii

if i wanted to get something from ebay. would there be any chance of it being returned to their own country? like hk iphone 3g digitizer.

I highly doubt it. If it goes from the shipping carrier say EMS, it goes directly to CanadaPost then to you.

Most likely it's being stuck at CanadaPost and when service resumes, it'll be sent to you.

Packages only get sent back to the shipper if you get a notice saying where you can pick it up, and if you don't pick it up within 10-15 days, the package gets sent back to the shipper.

[Super Dipper]

i hope we get legislated back, id like to start making some money again.

[daytona675]

get back to work! i want my obd2 cable so I can reflash my bike!!!!

[Super Dipper]

Originally Posted by daytona675

get back to work! i want my obd2 cable so I can reflash my bike!!!!

thx genius, if it was just that easy, i think myself along with the other 48,000 employees across the country would have done so by now.

[2damaxmr2]

I want my 4k chequeeeeee.

[iwantaskyline]

I want my Ray-bans for summer =(

[604778]

My parents told me mail would be coming in every 3 days.
Last time I got mail was last Tuesday...

I just ordered 2 things from Directcanada.com too