Business owners in Ottawa raising concerns amid Canada Post strike ahead of the holiday season

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Business owners in Ottawa are raising concerns amid Canada Post strike ahead of the holiday season.

"We offer a flat fee right. So, it's in every case, it's 80 to 90 per cent cheaper than the legacy carriers that are in existence," said Alok Ahuja, the CEO and co-founder of Trexity, an online business offering same-day deliveries for local residents and businesses.

"When customers need you, that's when you step up, and this is where the strongest relationships are formed," added Ahuja. "So, for to be crippled by Canada Post in this time, it's extremely unfortunate." "Because that just doesn't impact Canada Post, it impacts our employees, it impacts charities, it impacts small businesses."

Ian Lee, associate professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University says this mail strike won’t have the impact it would have had in years past and will push customers to use online services. A former elementary school principal in Waterloo, Ont. has pleaded guilty to charges that include luring and transmitting sexually explicit material to someone believed to be under the age of 16.Canada Post workers go on strike Friday morning, disrupting deliveries

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