After a week without mail, an Edmonton woman is calling on Canada Post to revise its policies to better accommodate people with disabilities.
On April 20, Shawna Walsh was notified she would no longer receive mail delivery because her mailbox was too far away from her home's main entrance.
"It's not an issue of me getting my mail," Walsh says. "It's an issue of a policy that needs to be changed."
Walsh is in a wheelchair and isn't able to get to her front door, which is why she mounted her mailbox on her garage. Walsh says she doesn't understand why Canada Post decided to stop mail delivery.
"I don't feel that I'm inflicting woes on him to deliver my mail," Walsh says.
In fact, Walsh says she's measured her property and found that her garage is actually closer to the sidewalk than her house is. Global News contacted an official with Canada Post who says the carrier who has recently taken over the route didn't know about Walsh's disability, or about a special arrangement that had been worked out with her previous carrier.
"We always make special arrangements as best as possible to be able to accomodate anybody with some kind of disability," says Kathi Neal, a spokesperson for Canada Post.
Walsh has since been told that her mail delivery will resume, though she plans on writing to the minister responsible for Canada Post urging him to pursue an official policy change.
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