Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. August 19th, 2025

Last week, the Ford government announced that Ontario’s public servants would soon be required to report to their office workspace 4 days per week. This directive is set to begin in late-October. And once January 2026 rolls around, it’s the full 5 days. During today’s visit to Canada’s Capital, Ontario’s Premier doubled-down on his latest stance, saying that Ottawa’s municipal workers should also follow suit. OPSEU, which represents close to 40,000 Ontario civil servants, has joined a handful of public unions that are collectively calling on the province to consult with its members before implementing any sort of plan. Guest host Andrew Pinsent chats with Leslie Aiston, who is the Vice-Chair of OPSEU’s Bargaining Team. Meantime, if you have a flight booked with Air Canada, a dose of travel sanity is in your future! Well, maybe not for the next couple of days, as the airline slowly resumes operations. That should take close to a week. But tonight, planes will be flying! And as the dust slowly settles on the flight attendants’ strike, many are wondering if the past few days of chaos was worth it. How much positive change did we get, and at what cost? We dig deeper in Hour 2 with Rafael Gomez. He is the Director for the Centre of Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. Plus, are The Beatles about to release Anthology: Part 4? CFRA's Chris Holski thinks the remaining members are up to something, and he's very excited.