Today’s Letters: Those who work from home have it too easy

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Everyone except for the civil service wants workers who work from home to become a thing of the past.

We can all agree the old model of working where you were hired gave better (not great) service to the taxpayer than the present hybrid model.

There are golf courses that saw “new golfers” during business hours. Coffee houses are full. Streets have joggers during business hours.

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The reality is that the end user has to suffer delays, as proven with passports and immigration.

The City of Ottawa says it needs small business and LRT working. Yet it too has embraced working at home. Maybe it’s time for our new Mayor and councillors to look in their backyards before throwing darts. City staff have free parking and a work-at-home issue as well.

Time for elected officials to put the wagging tail back at the other end of the dog and start managing, both at City Hall and Parliament.

Brian Vachon, Greely

Cue the world’s smallest violin

Shame on the employer who asks employees to behave like, well, employees. What nerve! Don’t the employees
run the companies in the private sector? Imagine the upset three days a week in the office will cause these under-privileged, overworked employees. One less day to get to the gym for that pickleball game or zumba.

Garry Logue, Ottawa

Hello? Is anyone there?

I recently called the City of Ottawa planning department. The only option was to either leave a message or email and you will be called back in five days. Five days!

How can my business be productive if 25 per cent of the month is waiting to know if we can make a decision or not?

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Bring back the city employees in.

Rene Theberge, Ottawa

City would overstep against landlords

Re: City takes first step to pass a long overdue renoviction bylaw, May 2:

Mohammed Adam states that Ottawa is long overdue in taking aim at renovictions. Asking a landlord to provide temporary accommodation comparable to an existing unit in order to renovate their unit is ridiculous. All this will serve to do is increase the number of poorly maintained, broken-down units.

The City is again creating more red tape, inhibiting landlords from providing a good product and overstepping provincial legislation that already exists. Under the Tenant Protection Act, there are heavy fines for landlords and financial compensation for tenants in the event of a nefarious renoviction.

This is a waste of our city staff time, all for councillors to appear as if they are tackling a problem that is not quantified, let alone within their jurisdiction. And they continuously wonder why there is not more rental housing.

Liam Kealey, Ottawa

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