The changes will mean moving 4 million Canadians to community mailboxes.

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The federal government is set to end Canada Post’s day-to-day mail service. Article content

The shift is one of several recommendations put forward in a report last spring by federal mediator William Kaplan . On Thursday, Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced that the federal government would adopt many of Kaplan’s recommendations. Article content Article content

This included a lifting of a moratorium on rural post office closures, setting the stage for potential closures in “over-served areas,” an official from Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) told reporters at a technical briefing.

In his report, Kaplan said there is “no persuasive case for a moratorium on closures o

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