Ontario NDP, Liberals successfully stall Bill 5 with midnight filibuster

29-05-2025

The Ford government's controversial Bill 5 was successfully stalled in committee after the Ontario NDP and Liberal MPPs filibustered until midnight Thursday. CBC's Lorenda Reddekopp explains what this means moving forward.

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Remote work for Ontario Public Service workers to end in 2026: province

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Remote work for Ontario Public Service workers to end in 2026: province

More than 60,000 Ontario Public Service workers will be required to return to the office full time starting in January 2026, the province announced Thursday. Minister Caroline Mulroney, who serves as the president of the Treasury Board, made the announcement in a news release and said the transition 'represents the current workforce landscape in the province.' Ontario Public Service workers had previously been mandated to work from the office a minimum of three days a week. The province said that, based on the nature of their work, over half of all public servants are already required to attend the office in-person full time. 'As the government delivers on our plan to protect Ontario, we will continue to drive public service excellence for the people of Ontario. Effective January 5, 2026, the Ontario Public Service and its provincial agencies, boards and commission public bodies will return to the office full time,' Mulroney wrote. Employees currently working in the office three days a week will need to increase their in-person attendance to four days a week starting on Oct. 20, before remote work comes to an end in January, the province said. Mulroney said that the transition is an 'important step' that supports the government's efforts to build a 'more competitive, resilient and self-reliant Ontario.' Ontario's public servants were first called back to the office for a minimum commitment of three days per week back in 2022. At that time, roughly half of them had been working remotely for part, or all, of the two years that followed the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.