MAIL STRIKE: Traffic fines, parking tickets must still be paid on time in Mississauga

Traffic fines and parking tickets must still be paid on time during the Canada Post mail strike, Mississauga officials say.

In an online update to residents as postal workers began job action on Friday morning, City of Mississauga officials said a number of city services will be impacted for as long as the strike continues.

“Due to the postal strike, delivery and receipt of mailed documents, payments and notices may be delayed,” officials said in their update, adding they encourage people to use the city’s online or in-person options to get business done. “The Canada Post strike will disrupt mail services to and from Mississauga. The city is prepared and is advising residents about alternate options for accessing city services during this disruption.”

For more information, residents can call the city’s information line at 311.

• Animal Services — starting Friday and for duration of the strike, Animal Services will not mail out pet renewal notices
• Library — Mississauga Library’s Inter-library loan program will be paused during the strike
• Mobile licensing — Mobile Licensing services will not mail out renewal notices
• Provincial Offences Court — people are still responsible for paying any fines on set due dates using payment methods that include in-person, phone and online
• Parking tickets — people must still pay parking tickets using in-person, phone or online payment methods. Also, no past-due notices will be mailed out until the strike ends
• Property taxes — residents must still pay property taxes during the strike. Billing information, installment amounts and account balances can be viewed online at mississauga.ca/tax under view property tax information or by contacting 311
• Council and committees of council — public notices, including committee of adjustment notices, can be viewed online via the city’s website

Workers at Canada Post went on strike Friday in a move that’s expected to create delays and other disruptions to mail and parcel delivery — just as the Crown corporation prepares for what’s typically its busiest period.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it came to the decision after “a year of bargaining with little progress.”

Canada Post says it’s “disappointed” with the decision, which will “have a significant and immediate impact on millions of Canadians, small businesses and charities who count on Canada Post during the busy holiday season.”

— with files from The Canadian Press