PEICanada Post workers are on strike across the country, including in Prince Edward Island, after the federal government proposed major reforms to the mail carrier this week. ‘It’s going to hurt people a lot,’ says former union presidentJenna Banfield · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2025 7:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoRural residents, seniors in P.E.I. have most to lose in Canada Post mail reformsCanada Post workers across the country walked off the job after Ottawa instructed the Crown corporation this week to end home delivery and close some post offices. CBC’s Cody MacKay spoke to the president of Canada Post’s union on P.E.I., who says the changes will hurt rural Islanders, especially seniors. Canada Post workers are on strike across the country, including in Prince Edward Island, after the federal government proposed major reforms to the mail carrier this week.On Thursday, Ottawa called for Canada Post to end home delivery and close some rural mail outlets to stabilize its finances and ensure its survival. The Crown corporation is on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025. The federal government lifted a 1994 moratorium on closing rural post offices, along with another that halted the installation of community mailboxes.”It’s going to hurt me. It’s going hurt them…. It’s going to hurt people a lot.” said Eric Gautier, a former president of the Charlottetown branch of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Canada Post recently reported a loss of $407 million in the second quarter of 2025. The postal service said it was its largest quarterly loss to date. In reposnse, Ottawa proposed the service cuts, leading to the union’s decision to strike.Pearl Gillis-Palmer, president of Charlottetown’s CUPW branch, questioned the federal government’s call for Canada Post to end rural home delivery.
Striking workers on P.E.I. concerned over proposed cuts to Canada Post’s rural service
