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Publication Date: December 8, 2025 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. December 8th, 2025
December 8, 2025
As we talked about earlier in today’s program, the feds will be speaking with public service unions over the coming weeks. And the primary talking point, to nobody’s surprise, surrounds more time at workstations for Canada’s public servants. However, the unions are furious that this information was publicly revealed during a Mayor’s Breakfast. Should the government force public servants back to the office on a full-time basis? Should the mandate be tailored to each individual job, as opposed to a blanket mandate? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. And because it’s a Monday afternoon, we pose this question to our Political Heat Panel as well.
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The U.S.-Canada relationship had a trying year in 2025, and 2026 promises more drama with a coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the scheduled renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and U.S. midterm elections in November.
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January 2, 2026 - 07:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
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In an increasingly connected world, it’s becoming harder and harder to ignore what’s happening outside our borders. On-the-ground reporting from Guantánamo Bay, Belgrade, and Damascus gave readers a compelling, front-row view of stories making headlines around the...
January 2, 2026 - 06:30 | Various Contributors | Walrus
The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country — including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alberta who will soon be required back in the office full-time.As of Jan. 5, Ontario provincial government employees will be expected to work in the office five days a week.Alberta’s public service is also returning to full-time, in-office work in February to “strengthen collaboration, accountability and service delivery for Albertans,” a spokesperson for the Alberta government said.
January 2, 2026 - 06:05 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
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