This petition regarding the moratorium on post office closures is an updated version of an earlier petition that the union produced.

Please note that petitions must contain a minimum of 25 valid signatures. Therefore, you must reproduce both the front and back of the petition.

Petition to the House of Commons

WHEREAS the federal government is allowing Canada Post to close public post offices in spite of a moratorium on closures in rural and small towns.

WHEREAS the government expects Canada Post to inform people at least one month prior to closing, moving or amalgamating their public post office and explore options that address people’s concerns

WHEREAS a month is an inadequate amount of time for a whole community to discuss a closure and explore options.

WHEREAS public post offices connect communities throughout this vast land, helping us to overcome differences and distances.

WHEREAS public post offices play a key role in our social and economic life by providing the infrastructure that healthy communities need to thrive and businesses need to grow.

We call on the Government of Canada to instruct Canada Post to maintain and improve its network of public post offices and to consult with the public, their elected representatives, postal unions and other major stakeholders to develop a uniform and democratic process for making changes to this network.

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