Canada Post asks foreign mail services to stop sending mail to Canada until further notice

Yep, sounds like Canada. Gov with no balls letting unions destroy the country.

Agree 100% I live here, and its not the happy perfect place some may thing Canada is especially with the weak excuse for a prime minster we have now. , not by far. So now any of my orders form over seas will be delayed 30+ days or for much longer, all because of union BS.

Get rid of that national bird and the country is pretty sweet ..

today in the news : large mosquito steals baby from stroller.. film at 11.

OH Canada

I mean I really like unions for what they enable employees to do, but couldn’t they do that strike after the holidays?

I would support them even more if they did it after the holidays IMO.

Would make the negotiations easier.

Would also help if the government would be a bit more flexible though. This isn’t a private company we aren’t talking about.

To win this, the government must be flexible, but not break under Canada Post’s demand.

I think the federal government should just accept to do partial negotiations so the packages don’t get delayed too much, then resume after the holidays.

PM will soon apologize to CP for not ruining the economy even more than they already have.

The problem isn’t the union, its the gov’t.

Yeah I know. Added some things to my post.

Just for fun though. When do you think you’ll be receiving your packages? I’m counting February 2019 :slight_smile:

I think if we are lucky it will be February. And then we’ll have to return about 50% of the items we’ve ordered due to damages.

Going to be a lot of paypal claim-backs then, especially if Canada post tries to hold back shipments for more than a month, or damaged & beat up parcels.

Right now I imagine that there are trailers and trailers of boxes just all piled up on each other. As time goes by you know boxes are going to get crushed and damaged. Then there will be the frustration of the workers having to deal with a huge backlog and the rush to get it done.

I agree that Paypal is going to get hammered with claims.

I hope PayPal has some recourse for that.

That’s exactly what will happen. millions of people’s items, parcels & orders will pile up in cold, damp containers in yards, (probably for a month or 2) people will get frustrated in not receiving their orders in time, (especially Christmas orders that are gifts!) then millions of claims for refunds will start through credit cards, Paypal, etc. causing a lot of financial disaster for sellers and shippers, then when they suddenly release the system, it will be chaos with the mountain of back logged orders, the postal handlers will get frustrated, over loaded, and loose patience & damage, destroy, or lose people’s items without care, causing more claim-backs, and financial mess for everyone on both ends… All no thanks to our useless excuse for a PM to allow it, and to unions here who have upper control over the country & peoples lives all for their greed of money.

Mmmmnope, that’s the usual agenda, squeeze people by the balls so they’ll be screaming to the pollies to capitulate on everything.

Here in NYC, whenever there’s a hoo-ha about the budget (and tax-hikes to fund it), rather than canceling funds for the “arts” (like some fat chick who coats herself in in chocolate syrup and then rolls around on a huge canvas; no, I’m not kidding) and such, they threaten to close firehouses and police precincts instead. People rear up on their hind legs and howl loud’n’long, and of course the proposed budget goes through unquestioned.

“Get ’em by the balls, and their hearts and minds will follow.”

Well said DBSAR

Oof, this is some sad news. I guess any international orders won’t make it in time for Christmas.

So Canadian political discussions are G2G but US political discussion is a no-no here at BLF?

It’s just a notice to stop ordering from international seller for now.

So, no more ordering stuff online for Canadians for now :frowning:

Is there no other way to get parcels/packages into the country? I would have thought UPS and Fedex run into canadian but not sure how that works

UPS and Fedex will not be affected of course, but most of the stuff that comes internationally that isn’t express shipping comes through Canada Post.

Otherwise, it would cost a ton more to receive/ship packages.

Bulk shippers like Amazon or other online stores won’t be affected too much, but since 2/3 of packages come through Canada Post, unless you have a small express order, or an order that comes via eastern Canada, you may be out of luck.

Well that stinks big time, but good to know this stuff. I am looking to purchase a light from a fellow forum member that is Canadian gotta get it via UPS or Fedex.