On September 25, 2025, the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, released a formal statement effectively siding with Canada Post. His remarks made it clear that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ (CUPW) current demands are unsustainable. He stated plainly: structural change is necessary.
Following his announcement, Lightbound vanished from the public spotlight, and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu stepped in—urging both sides to reach a negotiated deal “as quickly as possible,” while simultaneously reinforcing the government’s position: Canada Post must transform to survive.
CUPW’s Hardline Stance and the Coming Stalemate
If you’ve been following this saga, you’ll know that CUPW has refused to budge on its demands. Union leadership claims they’re being bullied into concessions, and unless Canada Post caves to their terms—only to later enact mass layoffs—this strike appears set to continue indefinitely. Many are already predicting the government will invoke Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to force a resolution.
Realistically, a new offer from Canada Post would be a waste of taxpayer money. CUPW is unlikely to accept any proposal short of full capitulation, which raises the question: why keep negotiating?
A Burden on Small Businesses—and the Taxpayer
As usual, the ones paying the price are small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in rural communities that depend heavily on postal services. This comes at a time when interprovincial trade barriers are loosening, and tariffs on U.S. goods are rising, shrinking domestic markets. Every day the strike continues, Canadian entrepreneurs lose customers, contracts, and revenue.
And yet, we’re expected to believe Mark Carney and his net-zero agenda are helping the economy?
Carney, much like John Kerry in the U.S., seems to spend more time flying around than fixing core structural issues. If this is about sustainability, where is the sustainable fiscal policy? From our perspective, the climate change agenda increasingly resembles a “stay-rich-quick” scheme, built on subsidies, bailouts, and opaque “green” investments—all of which conveniently benefit a select few while burying the nation in debt.
A Political Shell Game?
If Carney’s cabinet ignores the disaster unfolding at Canada Post, it will further support the theory that this government is more concerned with optics than fiscal responsibility. Canada Post has received bailout after bailout, including a $1 billion lifeline in early 2025. Yet it continues to hemorrhage money—posting its worst-ever quarter with a $407 million loss, and losing roughly $10 million a day.
All of this while operating a defined benefit pension plan—a system that, in our opinion, functions like a legal pyramid scheme.
The Pension Pyramid
Yes, the Canada Post Pension Plan Trust handles its own investment management, but let’s be honest—those investments are only viable when active contributions continue to flow in from employees. And right now, those contributions have stopped. As more postal workers retire and draw from a fixed, guaranteed pension pool, the sustainability of this system comes into question.
Canada Post employees rejected the Defined Contribution (DC) plan. But with fewer workers entering the system and more retirees taking money out, revenues can’t exceed withdrawals—especially in a declining business model. Canada Post hasn’t been profitable since 2015. That’s ten years of losses.
Even if investment returns appear healthy, they’ve been buoyed by bailouts and public borrowing. The minute those injections stop—or strikes halt employee contributions—the structure begins to implode from within.
The Coming Restructuring
The government’s planned response, based on Lightbound’s announcement, includes:
- Ending door-to-door mail delivery and converting to community mailboxes
- Modernizing or closing rural post offices
- Cutting back on costly air delivery for non-urgent mail
- Revisiting the stamp rate approval process
These moves are projected to save hundreds of millions annually. But they won’t materialize overnight. Testing, gradual implementation, and internal resistance could drag this out for two more years, during which Canada Post will continue to lose billions.
And we suspect that this timeline—along with ongoing strikes—will be used as a convenient excuse to eventually declare the pension plan insolvent, paving the way for forced restructuring. Buyouts, layoffs, and a transition to DC plans seem inevitable.
A Final Word: Is Mark Carney Paying Attention?
If Carney can’t see the fiscal disaster unfolding, he’s either grossly incompetent or protecting the interests of the elite—corporate welfare disguised as climate policy. Either way, it’s not about sustainability. It’s about power, optics, and lining pockets before the political tide turns.
We say this not in judgment, but as a Christian perspective. As followers of Christ, we seek clarity and truth—not propaganda. And truth often begins by asking simple questions: who benefits, and who pays?
If you’re reading this and feel overwhelmed by the political games and media narratives, we invite you to consider something greater than all of it—the unshakable truth of the Gospel.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 14:6)
Today might be the day to make Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior.