OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government and municipalities across Ontario should mandate their workers to return to the office full time.

Speaking to reporters in Inglewood, Ont., Wednesday, Ford applauded the City of Ottawa's recent decision to require its employees to work five days a week in the office starting in the new year.

Ford said the federal government needs to "follow suit" and urged "all other regions across Ontario" to do the same.

"It's time to bring people back to work, that they can be mentored, they can collaborate, it's a lot easier looking at someone in the eye than sitting over a telephone or a computer screen," Ford said.

Earlier this month, Ford announced that thousands of Ontario civil servants will return to the office full time by Januar

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