A rotating strike at Canada Post has forced Élections Montréal to find an urgent workaround for delivering voter information ahead of the municipal election on Nov. 2.

Instead of the usual postal service, six private companies—five couriers and one bailiff firm—have stepped in to deliver more than 700,000 voter cards, a last-minute solution that comes with a significant price increase.

“I feel like it’s all a mess all of this, they have no business doing things this way and now anybody can take my mail…” said Montrealer Guy Frechette, voicing frustration over the change in delivery.

With the strike delaying the first batch of notices, Élections Montréal divided the city into six sections, each handled by one of the private suppliers.

“These suppliers have been distributing door-to-door

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