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Amy Hamm: Public servants can't ride the work-from-home gravy train forever
Thousands have signed a House of Commons petition to let federal workers work from home most of the week. They must be ignored
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A new petition aiming to enable thousands of federal employees to refuse to return to the office in our post COVID-19 era is gaining widespread support. It is indicative of the nauseating entitlement among Canada’s bloated public sector.
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The petition comes in the wake of a February 2026 federal government announcement that federal employees in Ottawa would be forced to return to the office four days a week starting in July. This followed similar announcements across Canada, including in Alberta and Ontario.
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The March 17 parliamentary petition, sponsored by Liberal MP James Maloney, demands that federal workers be entitled to a minimum of three work-from-home days per week. It would apply to “federally regulated employees, including (those in) banking, telecommunications, transportation, postal services, pipelines, and Crown corporations.” The only exceptions would be for........