Will holiday cards and packages make it on time for Christmas amid postal strike? [Video]

The countdown to Christmas continues, but experts say you shouldn’t depend on Canada Post to get your cards and gifts to their destination on time, even if the strike ends now.

Experts predict it will take time to bounce back from the backlog.

“If Canada Post could work at twice the normal speed, which is a big assumption, if we’ve been on strike for four weeks, I guess it’ll take four weeks at least to resolve this, to clear the backlog,” said Jim Bookbinder, a management sciences professor at the University of Waterloo.

Some who typically rely on Canada Post admitted they lost hope weeks ago.

“I have something sitting at Canada Post that I can’t pick up right now, so it is frustrating,” said one.

Small businesses have also been playing the waiting game.

“We currently have somebody’s order sitting in limbo somewhere between here and Kingston as well,” said Scott Williard, the general manager at Block Three …