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A man is reflected in a window on Sparks Street on July 19, 2022. Roughly 46 per cent of employees who previously worked in the area continue to work from home, according to Statistics Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP YASIR NAQVI

August 3, 2022

OTTAWA—The last 27 months have fundamentally changed the dynamics of downtown Ottawa. Office employees, now working from home, no longer walk the sidewalks or stop at a local restaurant for lunch, leaving business owners struggling to find clientele. Hotels, once bursting with business travellers ...

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