Canada Post strike: Ottawa businesses frustrated as strike lingers on [Video]

As the Canada Post strike entered its fourth week on Friday, some Ottawa small businesses are still feeling the effects.

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Without postal workers, mail and package deliveries across the country have been halted. The Canada Industrial Relations Board may decide as early as next week on whether to force staff back to work but for now, many businesses aren’t able to capitalize on the pivotal holiday shopping season.

My Baby Shoppe on Bank Street says they made the switch away from Canada Post in the early days of the strike to UPS, but higher shipping costs and the continued delays in shipments have led to a 15 per cent drop in sales.

“We’ll get orders and sometimes, even the shipping costs when we go to buy the shipping label have jumped like $10, $20 in some cases,” said store manager Lauryn Postma.

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