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UNI Post & Logistics Canadian affiliate, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), has written to their government expressing their concerns about the issue of postal services in the upcoming negotiations towards a comprehensive economic agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU).



The union in their letter says that the EU has an aggressive agenda for deregulating postal and courier services, as demonstrated by its plurilateral request during the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations at the World Trade Organization and its plans for post offices within Europe. The EU has issued a directive requiring all countries to fully deregulate their post offices as of 2011, with the exception of 11 member states which will be given until the end of 2012.



The CUPW strongly urge the Canadian Government to resist making any commitments that would liberalize Canada Post’s postal and courier services and is seeking assurances that Canada intends to protect these services with fully effective reserved area.



The full text of CUPW's letter is attached