The federal government has now fully implemented its return-to-office mandate, requiring public service workers to be in the office at least three days a week, partially to help revitalize the economy in downtown areas.
For Brad Fougere, the executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas, mandating federal workers to come to the office three times a week is not enough.
“During the last return-to-office mandate … we didn’t necessarily see the meaningful impact that small businesses were hoping to see downtown,” Fougere said in a CBC report.
