Canada Post to tailor services to Northern, Indigenous community needs – Nunatsiaq News

23 November 2020

New post offices, more Indigenous staff and better access to the e-commerce economy are among commitments Canada Post is making in its new Indigenous and northern reconciliation strategy.

The strategy, announced Nov. 17, is Canada Post’s response to a Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendation that calls on corporations to include in their policies elements like ensuring Indigenous peoples have equitable access to jobs and can sustainably benefit from the economy.

“We’ve got a lot of communities that, from my perspective, have not received postal services based on past assimilation policies,” said Dale LeClair, Canada Post’s director of Indigenous and northern affairs.

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