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Canada Post also receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny. In 2001, Canada Post started accepting e-mail messages to Santa. In 2006, more than 44,000 email messages were responded to. [68] The 2024 strike caused Canada Post to remove its deadline for sending letters to Santa when its letters to Santa program was disrupted. [69]
The 2024 Canada Post strike was a strike action against Canada Post by the national membership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The strike began on November 15, 2024 [1] and suspended on December 17. [2] The strike could be started again on May 22, 2025 [3]
The proposed adjustments would raise prices for certain mailing services products by about 7.8%, USPS said, but the agency will apply a price reduction of 10% for postal insurance when you mail an ...
Canada Post's Registered Mail service provides the sender with a mailing receipt, and upon delivery of the item, with the delivery date and a copy of the signature of the addressee or the addressee's representative. Registered Mail may include lettermail, documents, valuables, and literature for the blind, but does not include parcels. [6]
The USPS has raised postage rates twice in 2024, with a two-cent per stamp increase in January and a second boost in July, which raised the cost of a Forever stamp to 73 cents.
For 2024, they project an additional $6.3 billion in losses. The most recent hike marks the fifth price increase in the past two years. Even more increases are to come as this 10-year plan plays out.
A 2024 study by the USPS Inspector General found that the U.S. had a lower stamp price than 26 out of 30 comparable countries. Additionally, the overall increase in stamp prices from June 2018 to June 2023 (26%) was significantly lower than the average increase of 55% experienced by those same countries.
The price increase is expected to start this month. There will not be a price increase for Post Office Box rental fees. The cost of postal insurance when mailing items will go down 10%.