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OTTAWA — The federal government will decide by spring whether to restore door-to-door mail delivery to those who lost it last year, the public service minister said Thursday to the union that represents postal workers.

Judy Foote made the commitment during a meeting with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that was originally scheduled as part of the minister’s continuing review of the postal service’s mandate and structure.

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“Today’s meeting with representatives of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers was another opportunity to hear directly from partners on the future of Canada Post,” Foote said in a statement after the half-hour session.

“I will be announcing a new plan (for Canada Post) this spring.”

CUPW representatives urged Foote to act on a Commons committee report released in December.

Among its many recommendations, the committee’s report called on the Liberal government to reinstate door-to-door delivery in those parts of the country where service was converted to community mailboxes after August 2015.