According to the news outlet, five postal workers in the Saint John area refused to deliver the flyers. Two were suspended, and others used personal days to avoid delivering the controversial material.
Canada Post defended its decision, stating that the flyers did not meet the legal definition of 'non-mailable matter' and thus had to be delivered. "Our important and longstanding role to deliver the country's mail should not be seen as tolerance or support for the contents of any mailing..."
Shannon Aitchison, a Canada Post carrier and union representative, was suspended for five days without pay. Aitchison, who has a transgender child, said she couldn't deliver the materials. "The third flyer was straight-up nonsense... so you're telling me my child is a mistake?"
The flyers, which describe gender-affirming medical procedures as 'chemical and surgical mutilation' and declare that 'God doesn't make mistakes,' were distributed ahead of the province's October 21 election.
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