Ottawa off base with claim public servants are needed in office to boost collaboration

A new generation of Canadians will make remote work a job requirement. At some point, the government will have to backpedal on the in-office mandate if it wants to attract and retain staff.

The arguments made by Christiane Fox, deputy clerk of the Privy Council Office, for less remote work ignore the dire impact on employees’ productivity and performance, writes Nathan Prier. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NATHAN PRIER

September 2, 2024

In less than two weeks, thousands of federal public-sector employees will be forced to spend three days a week crammed into ill-equipped and makeshift offices—just to be on the same video calls they were doing from home. Why? No one really knows.

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