If you recently applied for a Canadian passport, you may have to wait awhile for it to be delivered amid the ongoing Canada Post strike.

Private couriers are booming as the week-old Canada Post strike shines more light on structural and financial problems inside the Crown corporation. Hemorrhaging money and losing ground in the package delivery business,

OTTAWA — Canada Post says it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid the ongoing strike that has effectively shut down the postal system for nine days compared with the same period of 2023.