Canada Post is denying the Liberal government's directive to change the postal service's operational model gives it leverage over the striking union in negotiations, as the two sides continue their days-long showdown.

"I wouldn't argue that it's given us any leverage," said Jon Hamilton, a spokesperson for Canada Post during an interview on that aired Sunday. "[The union] walked out in response to them."

"We've been told it's now time to get back away from the taxpayer subsidies and make the changes," Hamilton told host Rosemary Barton.

On Thursday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) suddenly called for a nationwide strike, after the federal government instructed Canada Post to end home delivery and close some rural mail outlets.

Those instructions are part of a modernization

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