OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post workers is urging Ottawa to walk back sweeping changes to the postal service’s mandate as mail carriers take to picket lines across the country.

The federal government’s Thursday announcement clearing Canada Post to end daily door-to-door delivery for millions and shutter some post offices has changed the nature of negotiations between the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Canada Post was set to table new global offers to CUPW on Friday. Corporation spokesman Jon Hamilton confirmed in an interview that Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound’s announcement Thursday forced the Crown corporation to revise those proposals.

CUPW negotiator Jim Gallant said in an interview that the union wasn’t necessarily shocked by the mini

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