The Legault government says it hears the pleas of teleworkers in a hurry to return to the office and hopes to be able to announce relaxations in this direction soon, but recalls that public health does not recommend it yet.
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On the sidelines of a press conference on Monday, Labor Minister Jean Boulet said he “anticipates” developments on this front. However, he refuses to put forward a precise date for the end of the instructions requiring remote work where possible.
“I am extremely sensitive to the possibility that teleworkers could return in a hybrid way, but I must bow to the recommendations of public health and wish that there are new instructions in the timeframe that public health deems appropriate” , he explained.
As quickly as possible
His colleague, the Minister of the Economy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, promotes meanwhile “the return to work or the return to physical work as quickly as possible”.
“It is clear that I want, as quickly as possible, to allow companies to have face-to-face work and leave it to companies to manage the health of the rules that have been established and I think we will get to that soon”, said he said, also on the sidelines of a press conference on Monday morning.
The two men say they are in favor of more “predictability” for the reopening of certain economic sectors.
The mayoress of Montreal, Tourisme Montreal and the SDC Montreal Centre-Ville called for a deconfinement schedule on Sunday to help major events that need several months to prepare their events.
More and more organizations are also urging Quebec to relax the instructions requiring telework for companies where it is possible.
As usual, the Prime Minister, François Legault, will meet Monday evening with public health authorities to be informed of the latest developments related to the pandemic.