Tyler McCombs has about 500 pairs of underwear stuck in the mail.
The packages are trapped in Canada Post’s delivery network as a nationwide strike — which has now dragged on for two weeks — has brought its postal system to a standstill.
“I feel like a pawn right now in some big fight,” said the owner of Devon + Lang, a small underwear company in Calgary that does most of its sales online.
“It’s really terrible they chose Black Friday and the holiday season to make this fight a public thing. It’s not just hurting Canada Post. It’s hurting all Canadians, and it’s hurting me and a lot of small businesses,” he said.
Retailers across Canada have scrambled to find different shipping companies to send out orders — at the busiest shopping time of year.
But using another courier is often more expensive, especially for small businesses. Shipping a …