The Quebec government is urging Ottawa to reach a rapid agreement with Canada Post’s union so that election notices for municipal elections can be sent to voters, despite the strike.
“They’re an extremely important communication and electoral mobilization tool in Quebec. People are used to receiving these cards. So we’re asking the federal government and the Canada Post union to put themselves in solution mode,” said Minister of Municipal Affairs Geneviève Guilbault at a press briefing at the National Assembly on Tuesday.
These notices are sent to voters before municipal elections and contain voting information.
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“According to the Elections Act, municipalities with 20,000 or more inhabitants have a legal obligation to distribute election notice cards. The lack of distribution would directly compromise the smooth running of the Nov. 2 election for nearly six million citizens, or 66 per cent of the population,” the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) stated in a press release.
The UMQ is calling for the distribution of election notice cards to be considered an essential postal service.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) called a national strike last Thursday, hours after Ottawa announced the end of home mail delivery for almost all Canadian households within 10 years.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
