As Canada Post and the postal workers’ union continue negotiating toward a new contract, the ongoing uncertainty has forced nervous small businesses to look elsewhere for their shipping needs amid the busy holiday shopping season.

The national mail carrier and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced last month they had reached “agreements in principle” that would set the stage for a tentative deal on new collective agreements.

Since then, the two sides have been reviewing contractual language that will form the new agreements for urban and rural postal workers. Neither the company nor the union will say how long that may take.

“We continue to review the contractual language in order to finalize tentative agreements, we have no further details to share,” a Canada Post s

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