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9 privately-run ServiceOntario locations moving to Staples stores, province says (www.cbc.ca)

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Six locations will open by Feb. 1, with three additional outlets expected in Staples within the coming months.

The first six locations are:

Oakville, 2460 Winston Churchill Blvd.
Newmarket, 17810 Yonge St.
Toronto, 180 Eglinton Ave. E.
Strathroy, 425 Caradoc St. S.
Tillsonburg, Tillsonburg Town Centre, 200 Broadway St.
Welland, Seaway Mall, 800 Niagara St.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The provincial government is moving nine privately-run ServiceOntario outlets to Staples Canada stores this year, the minister of public and business service delivery said Monday.

Todd McCarthy announced the impending changes at a morning news conference in Oakville.

Six locations will open by Feb. 1, with three additional outlets expected in Staples within the coming months.

The plan to move nine ServiceOntario outlets is part of a broader push to consider new locations for all of the stand-alone, privately run operations of the provincial provider.

As contracts with the 134 remaining privately operated ServiceOntario locations approach expiry, the government will be reviewing them to determine if they should continue to operate in the same way or if they should be closed and moved into retail outlets, libraries, or municipal offices, the news wire reported.

CityNews reported earlier this month that the contract with Staples was sole-sourced, and that some of the privately-run operators were given 70 days notice that their locations would close.

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