Federal government doesn’t know how many offices sit empty: AG

Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number of public servants using office space on a daily basis.

Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said the government has accepted all of the recommendations in an audit looking at federal office space which found that Ottawa has been slow to reduce its footprint.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

June 10, 2025

Key information about how the federal government manages its offices, including how much office space sits empty on a daily basis, is often not collected by departments, or made available to the public, according to

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