My apologies. I should know that because I live in Gatineau myself. We both are fortunate to represent and associate with people who spend a good part of their energy and their time in the service of our country.
The three key words are health, flexibility and collaboration.
The main objective is to ensure the health and safety of public service employees. Employers actually have a legal obligation to do so. It must be done with flexibility. In other words, working conditions and responsibilities must be considered, and they vary from employee to employee, depending on the workplace. The pandemic had a number of repercussions on levels of risk to the health of the employees. It is extremely important to be flexible and to be able to adapt.
The third key word is collaboration. As President of the Treasury Board and a member of Parliament, I can say that MPs have the responsibility of working closely with public servants and their representatives. We have been doing that since the pandemic began.
If you wish, the officials could tell you in more detail about the mechanisms that have been established since the beginning to make sure that everything is done to ensure the best work-life conditions of public servants in the Ottawa-Gatineau and Quebec City regions.