Privacy commissioner wants Nunavut government to be more proactive about changes to mail system – CBC

Apr 18, 2024

Government should tell employees to update their addresses by Oct. 31

The Nunavut government needs to be more proactive in updating its own employee’s addresses to prevent mail from falling into the wrong hands in Iqaluit, according to report from the territory’s information and privacy commissioner.

Graham Steele’s report, released Tuesday, looked at whether the territorial government was prepared for changes made to the city’s postal services and what measures they put in place to make sure the situation went smoothly.

“If you just wait for people to come to you, you’re going to capture some of the population, but they just need to do more,” Steele said.

When a second post office opened in Iqaluit last fall, Canada Post reorganized its mail system, moving from P.O. boxes to civic addresses for its roughly 8,000 residents. This change also meant the city went from having one postal code to multiple postal codes.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/privacy-commissioner-nunavut-mail-changes-report-1.7177352