People paddle along the Ottawa River on June 29, 2021.
A pair of towers at the Place du Portage III office complex in Gatineau, Que., were closed Thursday after asbestos was disturbed during work the day before, according to Public Services and Procurement Canada.Several of the Place du Portage III buildings in Gatineau, Que., are seen in this photo from 2021. Two of the towers were closed Thursday after asbestos was disturbed during work the night before. A worker at the Place du Portage III towers in Gatineau, Que.
"Federal offices and workplace arrangements as they stand today are a mess," said Canadian Association of Professional Employees president Nathan Prier at a May 8 press conference."Nobody can find a desk. Nobody has a locker. We're talking about offices that aren't safer or cleaner than they were before telework."
PSPC previously acknowledged the presence of asbestos in Place du Portage III and had a management plan, according to the department's December 2022 national asbestos inventory.
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