OTTAWA — Fresh off a month-long, Christmas-season strike, Canada Post has given pink slips to dozens of managerial staff as the agency struggles against mounting loses.
On Thursday, CBC News reported nearly 50 managers across Canada will end the week unemployed, part of an ongoing cull of senior management that saw three senior executives let go in January.
Most of those positions are in Ottawa, with the rest spread out across the country.
Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton told CBC it’s part of a corporate-wide restructuring that will enable streamlining processes and decision-making for the coming year.
He also said that more management job cuts are possible.
None of the impacted decisions are unionized positions.
Canada Post’s struggle to remain afloat prompted the federal government to issue a $1 billion loan to the struggling Crown agency, which it says it needs to remain solvent.
Over 55,000 postal workers went on strike in November 2024, cutting off mail delivery during the important Christmas season, and sending charities — which rely on holiday-season giving to fund their annual programs — in panic mode.
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