The future of dozens of London-region rural post offices could soon be in play, as a moratorium on closing rural postal outlets is lifted.

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Bleeding about $10 million a day, with losses of $5 billion since 2018, Canada Post is struggling as traditional letter mail dwindles and private couriers eat into the parcel business.

The minister in charge of the Crown corporation laid out major changes to Canada Post’s business model in September and gave it 45 days to come back with a new plan to turn things around. Hours after Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound announced those measures, the union for 55,000 postal workers launched a two-week nationwide strike, later switching to rotating service interruptions.

Some 3,700 post offices have been protected against closing sin

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