Halted postal services across the country are set to restart at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Canada Post said, following a strike that saw 55,000 workers walk off the job for over a month. Canada’s Industrial Relations Board deemed it unlikely that Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will reach a deal by year’s end, ordering an end to the walkout after two days of hearings. Canada Post’s latest offer includes a five per cent pay hike. The union, which has denounced the government’s intervention in negotiations, did not respond to a request to comment in time for publication. (The Logic)

Talking point: Canada’s Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon said last week negotiations were going in the “wrong direction” and wants to push discussions to the spring. Canadians, especially in Indigenous communities and rural areas, have been struggling without critical items and no alternatives over the past month, MacKinnon said. The U.S. Postal Service halted service to Canada earlier this month in response to the pileup of packages.