The federal government sent most of its roughly 250,000 workers home in mid-March as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. There are no government-wide standards and no dates are included in the guidelines, though Duclos did say he thinks the first public servants can return shortly. Duclos said one lesson learned from the pandemic is that it's possible and perhaps practical for some public servants to work from home permanently. A quiet Tunney's Pasture federal government complex in Ottawa during the COVID-19 pandemic on June 22, 2020. According to the latest government data, 409 federal public servants had tested positive for COVID-19 as of June 17.

Source: CBC News June 22, 2020 15:40 UTC