Driving through Nova Scotia with my partner in August, I found I was noticing a particular continuity. As we passed through town after town, the Canada Post logo stuck out to me wherever we went, facing outward from signs marking local post offices, often on a main drag beside a lone grocery store and a bar or two. In Pictou, Tatamagouche, and even Mabou, Cape Breton, where the post office is titled in Gaelic, the buildings caught my eye. 

I doubt I would have noticed them a year ago. It’s been a big year for Canada Post news, from the late 2024 strike to the labour negotiations that continue to unfold, despite the government’s best efforts to conclude the trouble. Headlines emphasize the Crown corporation’s impending bankruptcy, the union’s intransigence, holidays marred by delayed packages and backlogs. There’s an ongoing battle for Canada Post’s ...