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Canada Post warns of delivery delays into January as rotating strikes continue

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Canada Post says Canadians can expect delays of parcel and mail delivery into 2019 as a result of rotating strikes by its employees.

And it says the worst delays will likely be in southern and southwestern Ontario because of a backlog of hundreds of transport trailers sitting idle at its main Toronto sorting facility.

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The Crown corporation has told its commercial customers that it cannot honour its delivery standards for any product because of the prolonged strikes.

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The walkouts have created massive backlogs of mail and parcels just days before an expected rush of millions more parcels from Black Friday and Cyber Monday online sales.

WATCH: Has the rotating Canada Post strikes put the holiday shopping season in jeopardy?

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today repeated his call for both sides in the dispute to resolve their differences soon.

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But he gave no indications that his government is prepared to force postal workers back to their jobs yet, saying only that he wants a deal, and that the government is considering what it can do to put an end to the labour dispute.

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