Ottawa Now - Small businesses forced to adapt, once again, during a Canada Post strike
September 29, 2025
Small businesses who still rely on Canada’s biggest courier are biting their fingernails. And according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 15 percent of the country’s small business armada has either reduced or completely eliminated their reliance on Canada Post following the 2024 labour dispute. John Thompson, the owner of The Record Centre, used alternative options last November, then went back to Canada Post once things calmed down. Has that loyalty changed after what happened last week? He joins Kristy Cameron on today’s Ottawa Now.
Unpublished Newswire
Watch the Queen's University Gaels (2) and the Acadia University Axewomen (7) go head-to-head in this U Sports women's rugby championship quarterfinal from Thunderbird Stadium on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
October 29, 2025 - 19:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Less than a week before he unveils the federal government's next budget, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the size of the public service must return to "something more sustainable."
October 29, 2025 - 17:45 | | CBC News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Next week’s federal budget will include a broad plan to reduce the size of the federal public service that will include layoffs, government sources say, part of Ottawa’s effort to deal with a massive deficit and a host of other priority spending areas.
Federal sources told National Post that the cuts to reduce the federal workforce would go beyond the attrition plan that had been announced earlier this year, as the Carney government has since attempted to wrestle its costs under control. One source said the “right-sizing” plan will emphasize attrition, early retirement...
October 29, 2025 - 17:43 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Comments
Be the first to comment