Public servants returning to the office after several years working from home are adjusting to a new emphasis: shared work spaces, rather than a cubicle to call their own.
But as the executive responsible for 6.2 million square metres of federal office space across 103 departments and agencies, he's confident workers will all have the space they need by the March 31 deadline.
The federal public service has been growing quickly since the Liberals took power in 2015, and reached 254,309 employees in 2022, according to Treasury Board statistics.Even as numbers grow, not all buildings or floors are open. Several towers at the Portage III complex in GatineauThe Canada Revenue Agency's Taxation Data Centre Complex on Ottawa's Heron Road will close for construction in January 2024 and the agency says some 1,850 employees will move to temporary offices elsewhere.
"We have a responsibility from a fiscal perspective," said Déry. "We're thinking about how can we maximize our portfolio and ensure that we have flexible space, but that we don't have space that sits dormant."That means if public servants don't have their own desks and are only in the office two to three days per week, the federal government can fit those new hires into their existing offices.
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