According to Media Sources, Canadapost delivered nearly 2,000,000 parcels per day during the peak of the pandemic. Although they hired extra workers to clear their backlog and meet shipping demands, parcels continued to take a long time to arrive at their respective destinations. Airmails from overseas countries were delayed even further, forcing sea freights and ships to transport greater quantities of items.
This slow delivery of goods and services would have affected the production of over 10,000 masks, as elastic for masks are often bought online and are shipped from Taiwan. Luckily for the LLCS, this was not the case. The LLCS ordered elastics from Taiwan and the order was estimated to take around two months to arrive due to clearance logistics from customs in both Hong Kong and Vancouver. Miraculously, the packages of elastic, which were dispatched at the end of July, arrived at the beginning of August. The LLCS was shocked that the whole process took less than two weeks.
The LLCS is incredibly grateful for its early receival of the items ordered and extends its thanks to the postal workers who have worked diligently to transport items and make customers happy. To carry on their acts of kindness, the LLCS will use the purchased elastic to make thousands of masks for community organizations and vulnerable residents in need.
