Canada Post strike: Minister tells parties he expects more as talks stall – National [Video]

The federal labour minister pressed Canada Post and its workers’ union to urgently find a solution that will end a nearly-two-week nationwide strike after mediated talks were temporarily suspended Wednesday.

“The minister told both parties (the union and Canada Post) he expects more, and he expects results,” a spokesperson for Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon’s office told Global News in an emailed statement, after MacKinnon met with representatives from both sides of the dispute.

“Hopefully the two parties will reflect on that and come back to the negotiating table with a greater sense of urgency.”

MacKinnon announced earlier Wednesday that the special mediator appointed by the federal government had “decided to temporarily suspend mediation” between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).

“After several intensive days of negotiation, his assessment is that parties remain too far apart on critical issues for mediation to be successful at this time,” the minister said in a post on X, formerly …