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Charities across Canada are bracing for a tough holiday season as the Canada Post workers’ strike disrupts donation drives and fundraising efforts.

For an Ontario bride-to-be, the Canada Post strike means no wedding flowers on her big day. Katherine Edwards, a resident of Midland, Ont., is scheduled to get married on Dec. 7 and she is missing her artificial flowers because they are stuck in the mail due to the national postal strike.

On Nov. 28, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce delivered a harshly worded letter to MacKinnon and Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, demanding action because the postal strike was having a “considerable impact,” particularly in rural and northern areas.

The Canadian government has announced it will not intervene in the ongoing Canada Post labour dispute, despite the approaching holiday season. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon stated on Wednesday

As a result of the Canada Post strike, all deliveries except benefit cheques will be halted until the matter is resolved with the CUPW.

Mail services from the Isle of Man to Canada have been suspended due to a mass strike of postal workers in the country. The walk out by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a dispute over pay began in mid-November.

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail service to Canada amid an ongoing national strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which represents workers for the country’s primary postal service.