Canada Post employees have been ordered back to work following a review by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Service is set to resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday December 17, over a month after the strike first kicked off.
"After two days of hearings, the CIRB has issued its ruling confirming the parties are at an impasse," Canada Post said in a statement, per Global News. "As a result, the CIRB has ordered employees to work and postal operations to begin."
More details are set to be released Monday afternoon.
On Friday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced that he had asked the CIRB to review the ongoing conflict between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post, warning that if the board finds negotiations are unlikely to result in a solution any time soon, the terms of the existing collective agreement would be enforced until May 2025.
He added that an Industrial Inquiry Commission would be appointed to "examine the issues preventing the resolution of the current labour dispute" and "provide recommendations by May 15, 2025, on how new collective bargaining agreements can be reached."
"Canadians cannot continue to bear the consequences of this impasse," MacKinnon declared. "Our priority is to restore postal services while ensuring a fair balance between the rights of workers, those of the employer, but also those of Canadians."