Back to office mandate means longer commutes for workers taking transit [Video]

Starting Monday, federal employees will be required to be in the office three days a week, instead of the current two, and executives will be in the office four days a week, and that means an extra day of dealing with a commute that some say has gotten worse.

Public service employee Chris Desjardins says, “It’s not that I don’t want to be in the office, it’s just getting there that’s the problem.”

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Desjardins lives in Nepean and his office is in downtown Ottawa. He’s one of the thousands of workers who relies on public transit to get there. But now, he’s considering driving.

“It’s certainly going to be far more expensive, but we’re talking about an extra hour-and-a-half at minimum per day in commute times. So, for us it’s just kind of worth it.”

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