Canada Post strike brings mail delivery to a halt nationwide

The strikes comes after proposals by the government that would shutter some post offices and end home delivery of parcels.

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) called the proposals an "attack on our postal service and workers" as it announced the industrial action.

The strike by the union's 55,000 members comes amid an ongoing dispute over postal worker's pay and benefits that resulted in a weeks-long walkout late last year.

Canada Post said operations will shut down during the strike, leaving mail and parcels undelivered for millions, adding that this would compound the corporation's already dire financial woes.

The sweeping changes announced by the federal government follows years of financial losses sustained by the postal service, which faces reduced demand and stiff competition from private parcel delivery services.