Some B.C. postal workers are adamant Canada Post has manufactured a financial crisis, as the union enters the second week of a strike that has suspended operations.

Workers walked off the job on Thursday, Sept. 25, following an announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney that the federal Crown corporation would have to be transformed in order to remain viable – starting with the phasing out of door-to-door delivery during the next nine years in favour of community mailboxes, and the closure of some rural post offices.

The sudden announcement came as a shock to workers, said those on the picket line at the Maple Ridge Canada Post office in the 20800-block of Lougheed Highway this week.

Ellen Bowles, a letter carrier at the Maple Ridge post office, and local union representative, said the

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