• Canada Post CEO touts ‘early signs’ of recovery even as financial woes persist

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-10-22 21:45:13.0
  Tags: [National, Economy, Finance, Labour, Transportation]

  Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger announced early signs of financial recovery at the Crown corporation's annual public meeting, citing a reduced pre-tax loss of $277 million in the second quarter of the year compared to $407 million the previous year. To address structural challenges, Canada Post is phasing out door-to-door delivery for four million addresses over five years in favor of community mailboxes—targeting 700,000 households by the end of 2027—and launching a direct-to-consumer online marketplace named Canada Shops. These operational overhauls follow the federal government's adoption of recommendations from an Industrial Inquiry Commission led by William Kaplan, which lifted a moratorium on new community mailboxes and rural post office closures.

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• Canada Post starting weekend parcel delivery in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa this fall

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-22 19:44:37.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Labour, Transportation, Finance]

  Canada Post has launched weekend parcel delivery in Ottawa and Montreal, with plans to expand to Toronto in late November 2026 and to Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary the following year, aiming to reach seven million households by the end of 2027. The Crown corporation reported a pre-tax loss of $482 million in the first half of 2026 and continues to rely on federal loans, though parcel revenue grew by 20.7 percent year-over-year in the second quarter. This operational restructuring follows a month-long national strike in December 2024 and the signing of a new collective agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that remains in effect until 2030.

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• RCMP union raises concerns Liberals' proposed financial crime agency will hurt Mounties

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-08 19:30:22.0
  Tags: [National, Public Safety, Justice, Labour, Finance]

  Rob Farrer, president of the National Police Federation representing approximately 20,000 RCMP members, testified before a parliamentary committee regarding Bill C-29, which proposes the establishment of a dedicated Financial Crimes Agency (FCA). Farrer expressed concern that the new agency—intended to tackle money laundering and online fraud by operating as a separate police organization with its own commissioner—will siphon off 150 experienced RCMP personnel and worsen existing recruitment, retention, and under-resourcing issues within the national police force. The union urged that any funding for the FCA should be entirely new rather than reallocated from the RCMP, and that assigned Mounties must be backed by qualified replacements with a clear transition plan to protect ongoing investigations and accountability structures.

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• Some federal departments, agencies spending millions on more office time for staff

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-24 16:15:25.0
  Tags: [National, Labour, Governance, Finance]

  Thirteen federal government departments and agencies plan to spend a combined $18,720,150 to reconfigure or acquire office space following a Treasury Board directive increasing mandatory in-office work targets to four days a week for public servants and full-time for executives. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada leads the expenditures at nearly $5.7 million, followed by Fisheries and Outcomes Canada at $4.2 million, the Canada Border Services Agency at $3.9 million, and Correctional Service Canada at $1.37 million. Treasury Board Secretary Bill Matthews stated the mandate is a philosophical choice aimed at improving teamwork, while union representatives and opposition MPs criticized the spending and lack of cost-effectiveness research.

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• Yellowknife family urges Ottawa to renew support for employment program that helped their son

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-09-02 15:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Labour, Social Services, Economy, Finance]

  Inclusion Canada and the Autism Alliance of Canada are seeking $50 million in the upcoming federal fall budget to renew funding for the Ready, Willing and Able (RWA) inclusive employment program. The program previously received $30 million from Ottawa in 2022—funding that is set to expire in March—to help Canadians with autism or intellectual disabilities secure employment and assist employers with hiring processes. Since its inception in 2014, the RWA program has helped nearly 6,500 people find jobs nationwide, including over 450 individuals in northern Canada, while engaging approximately 27,000 employers.

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