Please see below a notice from Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) that was provided to Central 1 from Payments Canada. It provides information on the impact of Receiver General payments due to the potential Canada Post strike. Note the union needs to provide a 72-hour notice of any intent to start a labour disruption and at this time has not. They are in a legal position to strike as early as this Sunday, November 10.
In order to ensure the delivery of socio-economic payments to those in need, Canada Post have negotiated an agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for the once-a-month delivery of select Government of Canada payments during any labour disruption. In adherence with this agreement, Canada Post employees will deliver Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS), and Canada Child Benefit (CCB) cheques to recipients. In the event of a full strike, all other Government of Canada cheques will be held for delivery until the situation is resolved.
Delivery of the noted socio-economic payments would be on a monthly basis, in line with the CCB due date. This means that CPP and OAS cheques would be delivered to recipients prior to their due date; given the logistics of planning these deliveries, this will occur in November regardless of whether a labour disruption actually occurs.
The Receiver General wishes to reassure our financial institution partners that any CPP and OAS payments redeemed prior to the date noted on the face of the cheque, will still be honoured.
Direct deposit payments will be unaffected and deposited on the regular due date for each program.
Posted Nov 07, 2024 - 11:01 PST
This incident affected: Central 1 Services and Payment Services.