No timeline for when public servants will be back to the office in downtown Ottawa
Mayor Jim Watson made a plea this week for the federal government to send workers back downtown because businesses are suffering and transit ridership is low.
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Mayor Jim Watson made a plea this week for the federal government to send workers back downtown because businesses are suffering and transit ridership is low.
To restore employee confidence in the region’s hardest hit sectors, the Ottawa Board of Trade is introducing the Workforce Confidence Initiative, a collection of tools and resources to help get Ottawa businesses back on their feet.
Ottawa businesses in the areas most severely impacted by the weeks-long “Freedom Convoy” can start applying for up to $15,000 in federal and provincial relief next Tuesday, with cheques expected to arrive in about three weeks.
For 26 months, Little Victories Coffee Roasters has been stationed on the corner of Elgin Street and Sparks Street. They’ve been open for four of them.
The Board of Trade issued an open letter Thursday calling on local officials from all levels of government to work together to end the protests.