Organizations representing seniors, people with disabilities and businesses are hoping for consultations with Canada Post before it stops door-to-door mail delivery and closes rural post offices.

The federal government announced Thursday that the Crown corporation — on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and mired in a months-long, protracted labour dispute with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers — will end door-to-door mail delivery within the next decade.

As well, the government said it’s modernization plan includes the closure of some post offices in locations that were once rural but are now in urban or suburban communities.

In response, the union declared an immediate nationwide strike.

Marni Strath, chair of the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, sa

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