Public servants, unions concerned about transit issues, child care shortages, public health, one week into back-to-hybrid-workplace mandate

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe came out 'very pro return to office' to revitalize downtown, 'but the joke is that if we can’t get downtown in an easy fashion, it becomes very difficult,' says Jennifer Carr, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada.

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, left, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, pictured Jan. 19, announced that the City of Ottawa will be getting $350-million from the federal government to electrify OC Transpo's fleet of buses. Meanwhile, federal public service have to return to the office at least two to three times per week by the end of March. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

January 23, 2023

One week into the federal government’s mandate for public servants to return to the office two to three days a week, both employees and union leaders have expressed frustration around transit infrastructure issues, lack of child care spaces, and ongoing public health conce...

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