I would like to inform sellers inside and outside Canada that there is a postal strike looming in the near future in late May with Canada Post. The postal workers are voting whether to give a strike mandate now and it seems likely that the mandate will be given to the union management. The earliest strike date is apparently May 24th.

Currently, delivery times in Canada have gone up dramatically from reports from members in the eBay Canada forums. Delivery times within the country are slowing noticeably as well as shipping outside the country and receiving packages from outside the country.

This has an impact on sellers inside and outside Canada. You may be experiencing long delivery times now even though there is no strike yet as workers unofficially slow things down. You may be getting questions from your Canadian buyers as to where their items are. You may have PayPal Item Not Received disputes filed against you. If you have bought items from Canada, be aware that the Canadian sellers may have difficulty with delivery times so please be patient.

Be aware of this potential situation with slow delivery times now and the possible postal strike in late May stop mail from and to Canada.

I will try to update as news becomes available. If anyone has news first, please post here.