Canada Post Labour Disruption and Councillor Newsletter Entitlement

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The decision

2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize Councillors, who have been impacted by the Canada Post labour disruption that has prevented Councillors from sending out their end of year 2024 communication, to spend their remaining 2024 Newsletter Entitlement, as at December 31, 2024 for their respective Wards, to produce and distribute communications in 2025.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

The purpose of this report is to authorize that any unspent 2024 Newsletter Entitlement for each Councillor as of December 31, 2024 be available for Councillors to spend in 2025 where they have been impacted by Canada Post labour disruption. Under the Members of Council Operations Policy (MCOP), Councillors are provided each year a Newsletter Entitlement that provides an entitlement specific to each ward for production and distribution of communications to all households within the ward.

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As a result of the nation-wide strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that began on Friday, November 15, 2024, mail service by Canada Post has stopped. This has prevented Councillors from providing end of year hard copy communications to their constituents.

Staff recommended

The City Clerk recommends that: 1. City Council authorize Councillors, who have been impacted by the Canada Post labour disruption that has prevented Councillors from sending out their end of year 2024 communication, to spend their remaining 2024 Newsletter Entitlement, as at December 31, 2024 for their respective Wards, to produce and distribute communications in 2025.

On the record

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