Canada Post strike concerning for Lethbridge businesses [Video]

LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. –

Lethbridge businesses are starting to feel the pressure after 11 days of the Canada Post workers’ strike.

The strike comes right as the Christmas shopping season is kicking into high gear.

“The strike significantly impacts our downtown businesses. Many of them rely heavily on Canada Post to ship products to customers to receive products from their distributors,” said Sarah Amies, executive director of the Downtown Lethbridge BRZ.

“And this disruption is obviously making it really, really difficult during an extremely critical time, which is the Christmas shopping period.”

The strike will force some businesses to use a courier service to send and receive goods.

But private couriers will often be significantly more expensive than Canada Post. That means any extra costs will likely be passed onto the consumer.

“At the end of the day, they’re probably not going to absorb that price difference. They’re going to pass that along to you, to the consumer. …