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The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily stopped accepting international mail to Canada due to an ongoing strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

More than 55,000 Canada Post workers have been on strike for two weeks and now some are temporarily losing their jobs.

The union representing Canada Post workers has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board over the layoffs of striking employees.

Anyone who relies on City of Toronto services and programs has likely seen a disruption in all mail-related activities.

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 set to get married on Dec. 7, but may have to do so without the main decor she'd planned for her wedding.

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.

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.