Hybrid work in the federal public service is here to stay, there’s no going back to 2019

A new way of thinking is seriously required, one that demands a much bigger conversation about the future of downtown Ottawa. You may recall the ridicule heaped on a public service manager who suggested that employees should come back to the office in order to support a local Subway franchise. Bringing public servants back downtown is not going to make the Byward Market area any safer or resolve the LRT mess.

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, pictured last month on the Hill, has mandated federal public servants to return to work by the end of March two to three days a week. Former public servant Michael Kaczorowski writes that hybrid work is here to stay. 'There is no going back to 2019.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL KACZOROWSKI

January 2, 2023

OTTAWA—As first reported earlier last month, the federal Treasury Board has mandated all federal public servants to return to the office. Unfortunately, the announcement bears all the hallmarks of a shambolic exercise in policy-making, with predictable results.

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