Canada Post striking workers in Coquitlam are replying to letters to Santa. Retirees are not doing these letters until the strike is resolved. If you want your child to get a letter from Santa and the strike is still on, check out this video:
https://globalnews.ca/video/10886051/striking-canada-post-workers-carry-on-a-seasonal-tradition/
From the Vancouver Sun before the union released the above:
With Canada Post employees on strike, parents may be wondering whether Santa is still accepting letters this year.
Each year, Canada Post collects letters from kids across Canada and delivers them to — ahem — the North Pole for Santa to read.
And though mail service has been suspended while the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are on strike, parents can rest assured knowing that Canada Post is accepting letters on behalf of the jolly man himself.
“As you know, CUPW has shut down the postal service with a national strike, and as a result, we are unable to get mail to and from Santa in the North Pole,” said spokesperson Valérie Chartrand in an email.
“It is our hope that postal operations can resume as quickly as possible at this critical time for customers. When operations do resume, we will help Santa by delivering a response to every letter sent to him this year.”
According to Chartrand, Canada Post usually receives Santa letters starting in November. Last year, 1.4 million replies from Santa were sent. The program has been running for 40 years, during which Chartrand estimates 45 million letters to Santa have been delivered by Canada Post.
