{"id":247166,"date":"2025-10-29T05:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/247166\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T05:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:13:16","slug":"canada-post-says-layoffs-aim-to-align-our-management-team-amid-overhaul-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/247166\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Post says layoffs aim to \u2018align our management team\u2019 amid overhaul – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada Post<\/a> said Tuesday it has cut an unknown number of positions as part of its government-mandated restructuring efforts and a goal to \u201calign our management team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The company said the changes \u201cwill align with the government\u2019s expectation that leadership and structural change from within the Corporation is essential,\u201d alongside a series of reforms to the financially struggling company\u2019s mail delivery service announced last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of our corporate-wide restructuring efforts to better align our management team with the future needs of the organization,\u201d Canada Post told Global News in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada Post must take decisive action to deliver the services Canadians need in a way that is financially sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company shared a message sent by president and CEO Doug Ettinger to senior Canada Post leaders announcing the changes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEarlier this week we informed some of your colleagues that their positions were no longer required,\u201d Ettinger writes. \u201cThese changes are a continuation of our corporate-wide restructuring efforts to better align our management team with the future needs of the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile these decisions are sometimes necessary, they are never taken lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Both Ettinger and Canada Post said they would not be sharing specific details as the company continues to work on its \u201ctransformation plan\u201d that implements the government\u2019s reforms.<\/p>\n

Government Transformation Minister Jo\u00ebl Lightbound asked Canada Post on Sept. 25 to come back with a plan within 45 days on how to transition remaining door-to-door mail delivery to community mailbox services, as well as close some post offices in areas no longer considered rural. The reforms also include relaxing letter mail delivery standards.<\/p>\n

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The minister said the changes will save Canada Post hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The company reported over $1 billion in operating losses last year, and says it is losing $10 million per day.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), which is in the middle of drawn-out negotiations with Canada Post, has yet to comment on the cuts.<\/p>\n

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Earlier Tuesday, leaders from CUPW and the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) urged MPs at the House of Commons government operations committee to mandate public consultations on Canada Post\u2019s future before moving ahead with the reforms.<\/p>\n

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The changes announced by Lightbound will \u201cgut the public post office, eliminate thousands of unionized jobs and cause real hardship in communities across this country,\u201d CUPW national director Jan Simpson told the committee.<\/p>\n

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Canada Post has said it intends to reduce its overall workforce as part of its transformation, but reiterated Tuesday that those cuts will be achieved mostly through attrition \u2014 a claim that CUPW has disputed.<\/p>\n

Both unions agreed changes were needed at Canada Post, but disagreed with the company and the government on what those changes should be.<\/p>\n

CUPW argued Canada Post has not been honest about the reasons behind its financial struggles, noting that solving the labour dispute could help stabilize operations along with cutting non-labour operational costs.<\/p>\n

Some MPs appeared surprised when the union also pointed to a \u201cconflict of interest\u201d from Canada Post\u2019s majority ownership of Purolator, which earned a $294 million profit before tax last year despite an $841-million loss for Canada Post as a whole. That disparity conflicts with Canada Post\u2019s assertion of declining parcel delivery revenue and market share, CUPW said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re shocked because you have not talked to the union,\u201d CUPW negotiator Jim Gallant said. \u201cAnd parliamentarians are starting to talk to the union, and that\u2019s what needs to happen because everything you\u2019re being told by Canada Post is not the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe post office has not been genuine with parliamentarians, with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lightbound defended the government\u2019s reforms at the committee last week<\/a>, insisting that \u201cfundamental\u201d mail service to rural, remote and Indigenous communities will be maintained under the changes. He said the measures are a \u201cfirst step\u201d to right-sizing a company that has grown too large to account for a decline in letter mail.<\/p>\n

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Simpson on Tuesday said Ottawa should walk back the changes and instead hold a \u201ctrue consultation\u201d with Canadians about what the future of the post office should look like.<\/p>\n

CPAA national president Dwayne Jones said the government should increase the timeline for Canada Post to report back on the reforms to 100 days and keep the post office closure moratorium in place throughout that time, while also holding public consultations.<\/p>\n

He said there are several other ways Canada Post can modernize and generate revenue, including through government and financial services and even EV charging stations, that can transform post offices in smaller communities into \u201ccommunity hubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The postmasters\u2019 union has called for Ottawa to establish a minimum access distance standard that would ensure no gaps are created from post office closures or reduced delivery.<\/p>\n

However, when asked by MPs what that standard should be, Jones declined to give a strict figure and said it would depend on each jurisdiction\u2019s specific needs.<\/p>\n

Other witnesses Tuesday urged Canada Post to move ahead with necessary reforms and for the company and CUPW to reach a deal to restore mail delivery service.<\/p>\n

Paul Deegan, president and CEO of News Media Canada, said the union\u2019s ban on delivering flyers and other unaddressed mail<\/a> earlier this year struck a blow to community newspapers across the country that depend on the service.<\/p>\n

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However, he acknowledged that the end of door-to-door delivery could be \u201cdevastating\u201d to those same local journalists.<\/p>\n

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Canada Post confirmed to Global News the company and CUPW will sit down with a federal mediator later this week for their first negotiation in nearly a month.<\/p>\n

A date has not yet been set for the meeting.<\/p>\n

The two parties haven\u2019t met since Canada Post tabled an updated offer on Oct. 3, which the union has said largely recycled elements of a proposal voted down by union membership in the summer.<\/p>\n

Simpson told MPs that Ottawa has \u201chindered\u201d CUPW\u2019s push for a fair agreement with intervening moves like the announced reforms and sending Canada Post\u2019s earlier offers to a union vote, as well as a back-to-work order that ended last year\u2019s strike.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInstead of real bargaining, Canada Post management has relied on the government\u2019s frequent interventions to push through its own agenda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

CUPW members have been on the picket lines for more than a month now but switched to a rotating strike model roughly two weeks after its nationwide walkout, which came hours after Lightbound\u2019s announcement in September.<\/p>\n

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